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hepatorenal syndrome

noun

Medical Definition of HEPATORENAL SYNDROME

:  functional kidney failure associated with cirrhosis of the liver and characterized typically by jaundice, ascites, hypoalbuminemia, hypoprothrombinemia, and encephalopathy

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