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glomerulonephritis en · NOUN

Etymology

Internationalism. From glomerulo- + nephritis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli.
   • The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%). 2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
   • Meronym: glomerulitis

Forms

Deriveds

glomerulonephritic

Hypernyms

nephropathy · nephritis

Relateds

glomerulosclerosis · glomerulopathy

Translations (4)

es glomerulonefritis (form of nephritis) · nl nierfilterontsteking (form of nephritis) · fi glomerulonefriitti (form of nephritis) · nl glomerulonefritis (form of nephritis)