Acute kidney failure can be fatal and requires intensive treatment. However, acute kidney failure may be reversible. If you're otherwise in good health, you may recover normal or nearly normal kidney function.
winding - the act of winding or twisting; he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind. wind, twist. rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: helix (Noun). A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.