Medical Dictionary

crush syndrome

noun \ˈkrəsh-\

Medical Definition of CRUSH SYNDROME

:  the physical responses to severe crushing injury of muscle tissue involving especially shock and partial or complete renal failure; also :  the renal failure associated with such responses

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