nephritic
Britishadjective
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of or relating to the kidneys
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relating to or affected with nephritis
Example Sentences
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The pathologists would like to get Hero Jones's nephritic kidney slices for a study by paleopathologists, who try to determine the history and pattern of disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in Santo Domingo white-haired nephritic President Horacio Vasquez prudently sent his wife to the American Legation, retired to the city's fortress, took command of the garrison.
From Time Magazine Archive
Colonel Townshend, a gentleman of honour and integrity, had for many years been afflicted with a nephritic complaint.
From Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by Aytoun, W. E. (William Edmondstoune)
"The disordered secretions are manifested by the deficiency in the salivary, gastric, intestinal, and nephritic secretions, the tongue being furred, the mouth clammy, and there occurring anorexia, thirst, constipation, and scanty, high-colored acid urine."
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)
The nitrogenous foods, with the exception of milk, are as a rule eliminated from the nephritic diet.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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