| renal sinus l. |
increased fat in the renal sinuses. A symmetrical, usually asymptomatic, increase is seen in obesity, steroid therapy, and the atrophy that accompanies the aging process. An asymmetrical increase known as renal replacement lipomatosis, which can have severe symptoms, occurs when infection destroys part of the renal parenchyma
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| renal t. |
that concentration of any of certain substances (threshold substances) in the blood plasma above which the substance is excreted by the kidneys and below which it is not excreted.
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| renal t. for glucose |
the point of glucose concentration in the blood (180 mg per mL is normal) at which the kidney will excrete glucose (see glycosuria). Called also transport maximum for glucose.
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| renal tubular a. |
a variety of metabolic acidosis resulting from impairment of renal function; it is usually accompanied by hyperchloremic acidosis, high urinary pH, bicarbonaturia, and lowered excretion of ammonium and titratable acids. Two types are distinguished according to whether the primary dysfunction is in distal or proximal tubules; see distal renal tubular a. and proximal renal tubular a.
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| renal tubular o. |
a type resulting from acidosis and hypercalciuria when deficient renal tubular activity has caused inability to produce acid urine or ammonia.
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