Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various acute or chronic inflammations of the kidneys, such as Bright's disease.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the kidneys. See
Bright's disease , under disease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An inflammation of the kidneys.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology Inflammation of the
kidney .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inflammation of the kidney
Etymologies
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Examples
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This disease -- sometimes called nephritis -- occurs occasionally in cattle in consequence of their eating bad or unwholesome food, or of the abuse of diuretics, etc.
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The other kind of nephritis, or inflammation of the interior part of the kidney, generally arises from the pain occasioned by the stimulus of a stone entering the ureter from the pelvis of the kidney; and, which ceases when the stone is protruded forwards into the bladder; or when it is returned into the pelvis of the kidney by the retrograde action of the ureter.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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Studies have linked exposure to silica with various cancers, e.g. lung, stomach, lymphatic and skin as well as kidney diseases such as nephritis and end-stage renal disease.
Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage Michael Rose 2011
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