Definition of "AKI"

AKI

noun
countable and uncountable, plural AKIs
1. (automotive) Abbreviation of anti-knock index.
2. (pathology) Initialism of acute kidney injury.
  Quotations
  A single episode of AKI as defined by RIFLE criteria has been found to be associated with long-term mortality in proportion to severity of the insult.
  2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 85