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Definition of Nephrosclerosis

1. 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.

Definition of Nephrosclerosis

1. Noun. (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Nephrosclerosis

1. Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Nephrosclerosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"... his personal physician provided a detailed account of Andropov's ailments, revealing that he had suffered from nephritis, nephrosclerosis, hypertension, ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"... complications arise that are similar to those in humans—cerebral and myocardial lesions (eg, infarction, hemorrhage) and nephrosclerosis ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"In pulmonary diseases (without fever) it is normal, but in cardiac diseases with edemas there is a rise. Nephritis and nephrosclerosis show a normal or ..."

4. 5th Report Of The Joint National Committee On Detection, Evaluation, And by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... water, and urea.116 Cyclosporine also has direct nephrotoxicity manifested histologically by nephrosclerosis and interstitial fibrosis. ..."

5. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"... would expect edema to occur in all patients with comparable diminution in renal blood flow as the result of glomerulonephritis or of nephrosclerosis. ..."

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