nephritic
Britishadjective
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of or relating to the kidneys
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relating to or affected with nephritis
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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
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
Both the nephritic and phthisical groups need further intensive study.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
"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 A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
Subject to troublesome nephritic complaints, and after the last attack did not recover, or void the gravelly concretions as usual, a sense of weight across his loins continuing very troublesome.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
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