An abnormal accumulation of blood in the kidney, usually resulting from bleeding into the kidney tissue.
From Greek 'haima' (blood) + 'nephros' (kidney) + '-osis' (condition or disease). The term combines medical roots to describe a pathological kidney condition characterized by blood pooling.
This condition can occur after kidney trauma or in bleeding disorders, and it's a perfect example of how medical terminology builds like building blocks—'hemo-' appears in hundreds of medical terms all describing blood-related problems.
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