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Nephritis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various acute or chronic inflammations of the kidneys, such as Bright's disease.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Inflammation of the kidney.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An inflammation of the kidneys.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In pathology, inflammation of the kidneys. See Bright's disease, under disease.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an inflammation of the kidney

Word Usage

"The other kind of nephritis, or inflammation of the interior part of the kidney, generally arises from the pain occasioned by the stimulus of a stone entering the ureter from the pelvis of the kidney; and, which ceases when the stone is protruded forwards into the bladder; or when it is returned into the pelvis of the kidney by the retrograde action of the ureter."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

nephropathy kidney disease renal disorder nephrosis

Cross Reference

diffuse nephritis amyloid nephritis suppurative nephritis nephritis gravidarum glomerular nephritis

Hyponym

glomerulonephritis

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