nephritis

[nuh-frahy-tis]

noun Pathology.

inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.

Origin of nephritis

1570–80; < Late Latin nephrītis a disease of the kidneys < Greek nephrîtis. See nephr-, -itis

Related formsne·phrit·ic

[nuh-frit-ik] /nəˈfrɪt ɪk/, adjectivenon·ne·phrit·ic, adjectivepost·ne·phrit·ic, adjectivepre·ne·phrit·ic, adjectiveun·ne·phrit·ic, adjective

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Historical Examples of nephritic

These substances have proven detrimental to the welfare of a nephritic patient.
Dietetics for Nurses
Fairfax T. Proudfit
Do you suffer from any nephritic irritation or from stricture?
Social Life in the Insect World
J. H. Fabre
The nephritic test meal carefully worked out by Mosenthal gives much valuable information.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:
Louis Marshall Warfield
Amongst the secondary maladies due to lithmia are gout, diabetes, renal calculi, and nephritic colic.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
As a stimulant and anodyne friction in nephritic and rheumatic pains, engorgements, &c.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for nephritic

nephritic

adjective

of or relating to the kidneys
relating to or affected with nephritis

nephritis

noun

inflammation of a kidney

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Word Origin and History for nephritic

nephritis

1570s, from Late Latin nephritis, from Greek nephritis "disease of the kidneys," from nephros "kidney" (see nephron) + -itis "inflammation." Related: Nephritic.

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