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Definition: Glomerulonephritis |
GlomerulonephritisNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Chemical Industry | A renal disease characterized by bilateral inflammatory changes in glomeruli which are not the result of infection of the kidneys, but caused by exposure to organic mercury-compounds, organic solvents and lead. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Glomerular disease characterized by an inflammatory reaction, with leukocyte infiltration and cellular proliferation of the glomeruli, or that appears to be the result of immune glomerular injury. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Glomerulonephritis |
| English words defined with "glomerulonephritis": nephrosis, nephrotic syndrome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glomerulonephritis": Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus, Caprine ♦ Complement 3 Nephritic Factor ♦ Glomerulonephritis, IgA, Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative, Goodpasture Syndrome ♦ Immune Complex Diseases ♦ Lupus Nephritis ♦ Nephrosis, Lipoid. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Glomerulonephritis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (glomerulonephritis), Dutch (glomerulonephritis), German (glomerulonephritis). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Inflammation in the glomeruli is called glomerulonephritis, or simply nephritis. (references) | |
Although glomerulonephritis and glomerulosclerosis have different causes, they can both lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). (references) | ||
About 90 percent of people on dialysis for 5 years develop ACKD. People with ACKD can have any underlying kidney disease, such as glomerulonephritis or kidney disease of diabetes. (references) | ||
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| "Glomerulonephritis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glomerulonephritis" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "glomerulonephritis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 肾小球性肾炎. (various references) | |
Danish | glomerulonephritis. (various references) | |
Dutch | glomerulonephritis (glomerular nephritis, glomerulo-epithelial nephritis). (various references) | |
Finnish | glomerulonefriitti, munuaiskerästulehdus. (various references) | |
French | glomerulonéphrite (f), glomérulo-néphrite, glomérulonéphrite, glomérulite. (various references) | |
German | Glomerulonephritis. (various references) | |
Greek | σπειραματονεφρίτις. (various references) | |
Italian | glomerulonefrite (glomerular nephritis, glomerulo-epithelial nephritis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omerulonephritisglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glumerolonefrite, glomerulonefrite. (various references) | |
Spanish | glomerulonefritis (glomerular nephrology). (various references) | |
Swedish | glomerulonefrit. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-u" | |
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-5 letters: entomophilies, primogenitors, primogeniture, terminologies. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-h-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: glomerulonephritides. | |
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