Disease or Syndrome
nephritis
ne·phri·tis [ nuh-frahy-tis ]
Subclass of:
Kidney Diseases
Etymology:
Greek nephros = kidney + -itis = inflammation
Used by Hippocrates, although nephria, with the older suffix -ia = inflammation or disease, was also in use.
Used by Hippocrates, although nephria, with the older suffix -ia = inflammation or disease, was also in use.
Definitions related to nephritis:
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Inflammation of any part of the KIDNEY.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Inflammation of renal tissue.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Inflammation of the kidney; a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or interstitial renal tissue.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Inflammation of the kidneys.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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The presence of inflammation affecting the kidney.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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