How to Use polycystic kidney disease in a Sentence

polycystic kidney disease

noun

• Schmook, 56, has polycystic kidney disease and is on a transplant list.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland.com, 29 July 2019
• The 75-year-old Maryland man was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease decades ago, causing his organs to fail over time.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
• Her polycystic kidney disease had kicked into high gear and her options had shrunk to two: dialysis or a transplant.
  — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• Mike donated his kidney to his wife, Peggy, after hers began to fail as a result of polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 30 Dec. 2019
• Morgan Maeder, 33, learned from a newborn genome test that her daughter Clara was a carrier for polycystic kidney disease.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Newman, who is 38, has polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a genetic disorder that took the lives of his grandmother and great-grandmother.
  — courant.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• For example, Lyons writes that the genetic illness polycystic kidney disease is prevalent in some cat breeds, and that the condition also occurs in humans.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2021
• Later he was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and had two kidney transplants.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2021
• Early in adulthood, I was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
  — Brian Rozek, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
• Elliot grew up watching his mother suffer from polycystic kidney disease.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022
• Our team is evaluating the kidney-on-a-chip as a tool to personalize drug selection and dosing in people with kidney cancer, polycystic kidney disease and chronic kidney disease.
  — Smithsonian, 31 May 2018
• Whether due to a genetic disorder like polycystic kidney disease or the result of damage from diabetes and high blood pressure, a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease means that the kidneys struggle to filter waste and extra water from the blood.
  — Carrie Arnold, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2020
• DeGrandis had been diagnosed decades earlier with polycystic kidney disease, a genetic condition causing the organs to fail over time.
  — Fran Kritz, CNN, 15 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024