crush syndrome

noun

A medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle.

Similar
Bywaters' syndrometraumatic rhabdomyolysismyorenal syndrome

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle.

    Synonyms: Bywaters' syndrome, traumatic rhabdomyolysis, myorenal syndrome

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle.

Similar
Bywaters' syndrometraumatic rhabdomyolysismyorenal syndrome
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