glomerulonephritis

noun

glomerulonephritis

noun

Etymology Internationalism. From glomerulo- + nephritis.

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Medicine, Pathology, Sciences A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli.

  • Meronym: glomerulitis
  • 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:
Derived terms
glomerulonephritic
Related terms
glomerulopathy, glomerulosclerosis

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