Medical Definition of Nephrophthisis

1. 1. Suppurative nephritis with wasting of the substance of the organ. 2. Tuberculosis of the kidney. Origin: nephro-+ G. Phthisis, a wasting Familial juvenile nephrophthisis, cystic disease of renal medulla, autosomal recessive type. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrophthisis

nephromalacia
nephromegaly
nephromere
nephron
nephron
nephronic loop
nephrons
nephrons
nephropathia epidemica
nephropathic
nephropathic
nephropathies
nephropathy
nephropathy
nephropexy
nephrophthisis (current term)
Nephrops
Nephropsidae
Nephrops norvegicus
nephroptosia
nephroptosis
nephroptosis
nephropyosis
nephrorrhaphy
nephros
nephrosclerosis
nephrosclerosis
nephrosclerotic
nephroscope
nephroses

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