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GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does glomerulonephritis mean?

• GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (noun)
The noun GLOMERULONEPHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: GLOMERULONEPHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("glomerulonephritis" is a kind of...):

Bright's disease; nephritis (an inflammation of the kidney)

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