Disease or Syndrome
nephritis Audio
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.
Definitions related to nephritis:
  • Inflammation of any part of the KIDNEY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Inflammation of renal tissue.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Inflammation of the kidney; a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or interstitial renal tissue.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Inflammation of the kidneys.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The presence of inflammation affecting the kidney.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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