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Definition: Nephropathy |
NephropathyNoun1. A disease affecting the kidneys. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Disease of the kidneys. (references) |
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Synonyms: NephropathySynonyms: kidney disease (n), nephrosis (n), renal disorder (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nephropathy |
| Specialty definitions using "nephropathy": äußeres Ohr ♦ AIDS-Associated Nephropathy, Alport syndrome, Alport's syndrome ♦ Balkan Nephropathy ♦ hereditary nephropathy-deafness syndrome ♦ IgA nephropathy ♦ Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome. (references) |
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Health | Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of ESRD in the United States. (references) | |
The most common symptom of IgA nephropathy is blood in the urine, but it is often a silent disease that may go undetected for many years. (references) | ||
IgA nephropathy is a form of glomerular disease that results when immunoglobulin A (IgA) forms deposits in the glomeruli, where it creates inflammation. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Nephropathy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nephropathy" is used about 38 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% | 38 | 55,818 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "nephropathy": AIDS-Associated Nephropathy ♦ Balkan Nephropathy ♦ IgA nephropathy ♦ Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "nephropathy": nephropathy-deafness. | |
Ending with "nephropathy": cadmium-nephropathy. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
iga nephropathy | 82 |
diabetic nephropathy | 51 |
nephropathy | 37 |
membranous nephropathy | 16 |
analgesic nephropathy | 8 |
hiv nephropathy | 5 |
reflux nephropathy | 3 |
contrast nephropathy | 3 |
familial nephropathy | 2 |
contrast induced nephropathy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nephropathy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nephropati (renopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nefropathie (renopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nephropathia in graviditate (nephropathy complicating pregnancy), särkylääkkeiden aiheuttama munuaissairaus (analgesic nephropathy), raskauteen liittyvä munuaissairaus (nephropathy complicating pregnancy), lyijynefropatia (lead nephropathy), lyijyn aiheuttama munuaissairaus (lead nephropathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | néphropathie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nephropathie (renopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κληρονομική νεφροπάθεια του Dickinson (Dickinson hereditary nephropathy), νεφρική ανεπάρκεια από μόλυβδο (lead nephropathy), νεφροπάθεια από μόλυβδο (lead nephropathy), νεφροπάθεια των εγγύων (nephropathy complicating pregnancy), νεφροπάθεια των αναλγητικών (analgesic nephropathy), μολυβδιασική νεφροπάθεια (lead nephropathy), υποκαλιαιμιακή νεφροπάθεια (kaliopenic nephropathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nefropatia (renopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ephropathynay nefropatia (kidney disease). (various references) nefrosclerosis saturnina (lead nephropathy), nefropatía saturnina (lead nephropathy), nefropatía por analgésicos (analgesic nephropathy), nefropatía hereditaria de Dickinson (Dickinson hereditary nephropathy), nefropatía del embarazo (nephropathy complicating pregnancy), nefropatía analgésica (analgesic nephropathy). (various references) blynefropati (lead nephropathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-n-o-p-p-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: theophany. | |
-3 letters: hypopnea. | |
-4 letters: another, atrophy, entropy, hyperon, hyponea, operant, panther, phaeton, phonate, phorate, phytane, pronate, propane, prophet, protean, therapy. | |
-5 letters: anther, aroynt, arpent, atoner, earthy, enrapt, entrap, happen, hapten, hearth, hearty, heathy, hopper, hornet, hyphae, hyphen, napery, napper, notary, nother, ornate, orphan, pantry, papery, parent, parton, patron, petnap, phoney, phyton, poetry, popery, pother, prepay, protea, pyrone, pyrope, python, rappen, rhaphe, rhyton, tapper, tarpon, teapoy, teopan, tephra, teraph, thenar, theory, thorny, thorpe, threap, throne, topper, trepan, trophy, typhon, yapper. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-h-n-o-p-p-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: hypnotherapy, phanerophyte. | |
+2 letters: phanerophytes. | |
+3 letters: hypnotherapies, hypnotherapist. | |
+4 letters: hematoporphyrin, hypnotherapists. | |
+5 letters: hematoporphyrins. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .--. .... .-. --- .--. .- - .... -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110000 01101000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101000 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e p h r o p a t h y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0070 0068 0072 006F 0070 0061 0074 0068 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871827484818267867491 |
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