Glomerulonephritis

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Noun
  1. 1
    A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli. countable, uncountable

    "Meronym: glomerulitis"

  2. 2
    nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema wordnet

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kidneynephritis

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"The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%)."

Etymology

Internationalism. From glomerulo- + nephritis.

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