nephritis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of nephritis
1570–80; < Late Latin nephrītis a disease of the kidneys < Greek nephrîtis. See nephr-, -itis
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A month later, Tidmarsh posted on LinkedIn his negative comments about voclosporin, used to treat lupus nephritis, a condition that can lead to kidney failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
When he died on January 6, 1884 of chronic nephritis and possible cardiovascular problems, he was regarded as a kindly and intelligent Augustinian friar and abbot of his monastery — but not much else.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2023
Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. was born on Sept. 25, 1932, in the farming community of Dry Fork, Va. When he was nine months old, his father died of nephritis, an inflammation of the kidneys.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023
Gomez famously had a kidney transplant because of lupus nephritis, where the disease causes a person’s kidneys to fail.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023
“Why not, let’s say, acute nephritis ?” “Because I’m a meningitis man, that’s why, and not an acute- nephritis man,” retorted the colonel.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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