nephritic
nounEtymology From Middle English neufretic, from Medieval Latin nefreticus; compare Classical Latin nephrīticus; equivalent to nephritis + -ic = nephr- (“kidney”) + itis (“inflammation”) + -ic (“related”).
1
Someone with nephritis.
nephritic
adjUK /nɛfˈrɪ.tɪk/
Etymology From Middle English neufretic, from Medieval Latin nefreticus; compare Classical Latin nephrīticus; equivalent to nephritis + -ic = nephr- (“kidney”) + itis (“inflammation”) + -ic (“related”).
1
Of, relating to, or affected with nephritis or nephritic syndrome.
2
Archaic Of or relating to the kidneys.
- Antonyms
- nonnephritic
- Derived terms
- antinephritic, perinephritic, postnephritic, prenephritic, pronephritic