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Definition of Glomerulonephritis

1. Noun. Nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema.

Definition of Glomerulonephritis

1. Noun. (medicine) A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Glomerulonephritis

1. A variety of nephritis characterised by inflammation of the capillary loops in the glomeruli of the kidney. It occurs in acute, subacute and chronic forms and may be secondary to haemolytic streptococcal infection. Evidence also supports possible immune or autoimmune mechanisms. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Glomerulonephritis

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)
"Acute Focal glomerulonephritis (Acute ... Edema) We are gradually becoming familiar with forms of focal glomerulonephritis and of embolic focal nephritis, ..."

2. A Manual of the Practice of Medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1892)
"CHRONIC glomerulonephritis Etiology.—The disease may develop out of acute glomeru- lonephritis, but in the majority of cases it is produced gradually by ..."

3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"This contrasts rather sharply with the history of glomerulonephritis, ... glomerulonephritis.—This type is much less frequently associated with a distinct ..."

4. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1922)
"The etiology of subacute glomerulonephritis is discussed in conjunction with that of chronic glomerulonephritis (according to the authors a case of the ..."

5. Differential diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"Chronic glomerulonephritis. Case 249 A school-boy of fifteen, whose father died of consumption, was first seen April 15, 1908. He was always well until two ..."

6. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"ACUTE FOCAL glomerulonephritis.—These cases are clinically undemonstrable as such, and represent focal embolic nephritis, involving especially the ..."

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