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An inflammation of the kidney
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nephritis
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli , tubules , or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an inflammation of the kidney [syn: Bright's disease ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nephritis \Ne*phri"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. nefri^tis (sc. ?), fr. nefro`s a kidney.] (Med.) An inflammation of the kidneys.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) Inflammation of the kidney.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Late Latin nephritis , from Greek nephritis "disease of the kidneys," from nephros "kidney" (see nephron ) + -itis "inflammation." Related: Nephritic .
Usage examples of nephritis.
Even assuming that their special malaises are wholly offset by the effects of alcoholism in the male, they suffer patently from the same adenoids, gastritis, cholelithiasis, nephritis, tuberculosis, carcinoma, arthritis and so on--in short, from the same disturbances of colloidal equilibrium that produce religion, delusions of grandeur, democracy, pyaemia, night sweats, the yearning to save humanity, and all other such distempers in men.
It has been used in the treatment of pneumonia, peritonitis, and other sthenic fevers, but is chiefly useful in chronic diseases, such as arterio-sclerosis and interstitial nephritis.