nephritis

[nuh-frahy-tis]

noun

Pathology.

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

nephritis

/ nɪˈfraɪtɪs /

noun

1. inflammation of a kidney

nephritis

1. Inflammation of the kidneys.

Other Word Forms

• nephritic adjective
• nonnephritic adjective
• postnephritic adjective
• prenephritic adjective
• unnephritic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nephritis¹

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

Example Sentences

The former Disney Channel child star revealed in 2017 that she had undergone a kidney transplant due to lupus nephritis, where the autoimmune disease lupus causes a person’s kidneys to fail.

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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.

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The singer announced Tuesday that she is partnering with Aurinia Pharmaceuticals to encourage people living with lupus nephritis to get tested regularly for kidney damage.

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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.

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Gomez famously had a kidney transplant because of lupus nephritis, where the disease causes a person’s kidneys to fail.

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