contracted kidney


con·tract·ed kid·ney

a diffusely scarred kidney in which the relatively large amount of abnormal fibrous tissue and ischemic atrophy leads to a moderate or great reduction in the size of the organ, as in arteriolar nephrosclerosis and chronic glomerulonephritis.

con·tract·ed kid·ney

(kŏn-trakt'ĕd kid'nē) A diffusely scarred kidney in which fibrous tissue and ischemic atrophy lead to reduction in the size of the organ.