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Definition of Nephropathy
1. Noun. A disease affecting the kidneys.
Specialized synonyms: Bright's Disease, Nephritis, Nephroangiosclerosis, Nephrosclerosis, Pkd, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Polyuria, Kidney Failure, Renal Failure, Renal Insufficiency
Generic synonyms: Uropathy
Definition of Nephropathy
1. Noun. (pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nephropathy
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Medical Definition of Nephropathy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephropathy
Literary usage of Nephropathy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(c) The Focal Form of Atherosclerotic nephropathy (Senile Atherosclerotic Kidney
of Ziegler) Nature, Etiology and Pathogenesis.—Here we have to deal with ..."
2. The Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1916)
"(6) Commoner Clinical Forms of nephropathy Clinically, the commoner forms of
nephropathy (leaving out passive congestion and pyelitis) are divisible into ..."
3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"DIABETIC nephropathy As was true for retinopathy, most data on diabetic nephropathy
during pregnancy in the United States come from specialized referral ..."
4. Clinical medicine ; Tuesday clinics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1922)
"The same reasoning leads us to use the term "arteriolar nephropathy" for the
renal disease that is associated with sclerosis of the small organ arterioles ..."
5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Norden, G. Diabetic nephropathy. A clinical study of risk factor« In ...
Diabetic patients with nephropathy have smoked more and still smoke more than ..."
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