glomerulonephritis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of glomerulonephritis
First recorded in 1885–90; glomerul(us) + -o- + nephritis
Example Sentences
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She had lived with a condition known as glomerulonephritis, which was destroying her renal function, since her diagnosis 16 years earlier.
From Scientific American • Dec. 17, 2020
Bryson makes steady progress until he runs into the word glomerulonephritis, which he can’t get his tongue around.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019
Does he not realise by now that when he commits a word like glomerulonephritis to print, he will eventually have to record it?
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019
It was a sign of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, or kidney failure.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2011
One of the common types of kidney disease, said Cornell's Dr. David D. Thompson, is inflammation of the filtering system itself, called glomerulonephritis.
From Time Magazine Archive
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