Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
nephroscleria .
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- noun pathology
arteriosclerosis of therenal arteries
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- noun kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure
Etymologies
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Examples
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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Dr. Alves noted that AASK allowed the medical community to gain a greater understanding of the types of serious health outcomes (ESRD, CVD events, and mortality) that afflict African-Americans with nondiabetic hypertensive nephrosclerosis.
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Regardless of demographics, African American patients with hypertensive nephrosclerosis have a higher rate of developing end stage renal disease (ESRD) than dying prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the
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New findings for patients with hypertensive nephrosclerosis enrolled in
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The researchers looked at four signs of nephrosclerosis, or chronic kidney injury: glomerulosclerosis (scarring of the kidney's filtration units), tubular atrophy (loss of the tubes that process urine), interstitial fibrosis (general scarring of the kidney tissue), and arteriosclerosis (narrowing of tiny blood vessels).
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Hypertensive nephrosclerosis (also called Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease) is a common kidney disorder in which the smallest arteries in the kidneys, called the arterioles, are damaged.
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Hypertensive nephrosclerosis accounts for about 1/3 of new cases of kidney failure in African-Americans.
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