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NEPHRITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inflammation of the kidney

Synonyms:

Bright's disease; nephritis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nephritis" is a kind of...):

kidney disease; nephropathy; nephrosis; renal disorder (a disease affecting the kidneys)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nephritis"):

glomerulonephritis (nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema)

Derivation:

nephritic (affected by nephritis)

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