nephritis

English

Etymology

Internationalism. From nephr- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈfraɪtɪs/

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Noun

nephritis (plural nephritides or nephritises)

1. (pathology, urology) Inflammation of the kidney.

   Synonym: Bright's disease

Derived terms

• cystoureteropyelonephritis
• epinephritis
• glomerulonephritis
• interstitial nephritis
• nephritic
• perinephritis
• pyelonephritis
• tubulonephritis

Translations

inflammation of the kidney

• Bulgarian: възпаление на бъбреците (vǎzpalenie na bǎbrecite)
• Catalan: nefritis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腎炎 / 肾炎 (zh) (shènyán)

• Czech: nefritida
• Dutch: nefritis (nl) f, nierontsteking f
• Finnish: nefriitti (fi)
• French: néphrite (fr) f
• Georgian: ნეფრიტი (nepriṭi)
• Hungarian: nefritisz, vesegyulladás (hu)
• Irish: neifríteas m
• Italian: nefrite (it) f
• Macedonian: не́фрит m (néfrit), воспале́ние на бубре́зите n (vospalénie na bubrézite)
• Malay: radang ginjal, nefritis
• Navajo: achą́ʼáshkʼazhí dideeshchiiʼ
• Portuguese: nefrite (pt) f
• Romanian: nefrită (ro) f
• Russian: нефри́т (ru) m (nefrít)
• Spanish: nefritis (es) f
• Tagalog: magambato

See also

• nephrosclerosis
• nephrosis, nephrotic syndrome
• nephrite

Anagrams

• Pinterish, inspireth, phrenitis