nephropathy
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Nephropathy — Not to be confused with Neuropathy. Nephropathy Classification and external resources MeSH D007674 Nephropathy refers to damage to or disease of the kidney. An older term for this is nephrosis … Wikipedia
Nephropathy — A medical word for kidney disease. Nephropathy can be applied to any disease of the kidney. The prefix nephro denotes the kidney. From the Greek nephros meaning kidney. Greece also provided pathy from pathos meaning disease. A nephrectomy… … Medical dictionary
nephropathy — n. disease of the kidney. See also: Balkan nephropathy, Berger s nephropathy, diabetic nephropathy … The new mediacal dictionary
nephropathy — noun a disease affecting the kidneys • Syn: ↑kidney disease, ↑renal disorder, ↑nephrosis • Hypernyms: ↑uropathy • Hyponyms: ↑nephritis, ↑Brig … Useful english dictionary
nephropathy — noun (plural thies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1900 an abnormal state of the kidney; especially one associated with or secondary to some other pathological process • nephropathic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
nephropathy — nephropathic /nef reuh path ik/, adj. /neuh frop euh thee/, n. Pathol. any disease of the kidney. [1915 20; NEPHRO + PATHY] * * * … Universalium
nephropathy — n. disease of the kidneys (Pathology) … English contemporary dictionary
nephropathy — ne·phrop·a·thy … English syllables
nephropathy — ne•phrop•a•thy [[t]nəˈfrɒp ə θi[/t]] n. pat any disease of the kidney • Etymology: 1915–20 neph•ro•path•ic ˌnɛf rəˈpæθ ɪk adj … From formal English to slang
hypokalemic nephropathy — nephropathy with hypokalemia, interstitial nephritis, swelling and vacuolation of proximal renal tubules, and progressive renal failure, resulting from long term conditions such as oncotic overloading of the kidney filtration mechanisms by sugars … Medical dictionary
