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Definition: Nephritis |
NephritisNoun1. An inflammation of the kidney. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Inflammation of the kidney; a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or interstitial renal tissue. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney. The word comes from "nephro" meaning "of the kidney" and "itis" meaning "inflammation". The two most common causes of nephritis are infection or an auto-immune process.Gary Coleman is a famous sufferer of this ailment.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nephritis."
Synonym: NephritisSynonym: Bright's disease (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nephritis |
| English words defined with "nephritis": glomerulonephritis ♦ nephritic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nephritis": Perinephritis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Nephritis" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (nephritis). |
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Health | Inflammation in the glomeruli is called glomerulonephritis, or simply nephritis. (references) | |
Lupus nephritis is an inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease of the immune system. (references) | ||
However, lupus nephritis may cause weight gain, high blood pressure, dark urine, or swelling around the eyes, legs, ankles, or fingers. (references) | ||
Business | In 1998, the top ten causes of death were cancer, strokes, accidents, heart disease, diabetes, liver disease, pneumonia, nephritis, hypertensive disease and suicide. (references) | |
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| "Nephritis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nephritis" is used about 16 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% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "nephritis": interstitial nephritis ♦ Lupus Nephritis. Additional references. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "nephritis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | nefrit (jade, nephrite). (various references) | |
Arabic | التهاب الكلية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нефрит (axestone, greenstone, jade, kidney stone, nephrite). (various references) | |
Chinese | 腎炎 (kidey inflammation), 肾炎. (various references) | |
Czech | zánìt ledvin. (various references) | |
Danish | nefritis (kidney inflammation). (various references) | |
Dutch | nierontsteking, nephritis, nefritis. (various references) | |
Finnish | munuaistulehdus. (various references) | |
French | néphrite (nephrite). (various references) | |
German | Nephritis. (various references) | |
Greek | νεφρίτιδα (bright's disease). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "לקת "כליות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | veselob, vesegyulladás. (various references) | |
Italian | nefrite (nephrite). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 腎"炎 (kidney inflammation), 腎炎 (kidney inflammation), 脳炎 (brain inflammation, encephalitis), 脳炎 (brain inflammation, encephalitis). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | のうえ" (bewitching, brain inflammation, charming, encephalitis, enchanting, plantation), じ"ぞうえ" (kidney inflammation), じ"え" (kidney inflammation, smoke from human habitations). (various references) | |
Korean | 장염. (various references) | |
Manx | gorley aarey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ephritisnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nefrite (axe-stone, ax-stone, greenstone, nephrite). (various references) | |
Romanian | nefritã. (various references) | |
Russian | нефрит (axestone, axe-stone, green-stone, jade, nephrite). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nefritis. (various references) | |
Spanish | nefritis (bright's disease). (various references) | |
Swedish | njurinflammation. (various references) | |
Thai | าวะไตอักเสบรุนแรง. (various references) | |
Turkish | nefrit (bright's disease), böbrek iltihabı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нефрит (axstone, greenstone, jade, nephrite), запалення нирок. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "nephritis": glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis. (additional references) | |
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"Nephritis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Neffortiti, nephroid, nephrosis, niphredil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nephritis" (pronounced 'Ne*phri"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nereocystis, Neuritis, Oophoritis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-n-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: inherits, pristine. | |
-2 letters: hinters, hipster, inherit, inspire, piniest, pinites, pithier, pitiers, pterins, shinier, spinier, tiepins, tipsier. | |
-3 letters: esprit, estrin, hinter, inerts, insert, instep, inters, niters, nitres, perish, pinier, pinite, pitier, pities, priest, prints, pterin, repins, reship, ripens, ripest, seniti, shiner, shrine, sinter, sniper, spinet, spirit, sprent, sprint, sprite, stripe, theins, theirs, thrips, tiepin. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-i-n-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: internship. | |
+2 letters: internships, interparish, nephritides, sphincteric, spinsterish, traineeship, tribuneship, xiphisterna. | |
+3 letters: interpsychic, listenership, prehensility, prehistorian, relationship, traineeships, tribuneships, xiphisternum. | |
+4 letters: antiphonaries, azathioprines, chemisorption, containership, guttersnipish, hypersalinity, inspectorship, iontophoresis, listenerships, misanthropies, pharyngitides, photofinisher, prehistorians, presidentship, relationships, retinopathies, rhinoplasties, sprightliness, trephinations. | |
+5 letters: actinomorphies, antiapartheids, anticensorship, apprenticeship, chemisorptions, containerships, dinitrophenols, dryopithecines, hypersensitive, hypersensitize, impoverishment, inspectorships, parenthesizing, philanthropies, photofinishers, prehensilities, presidentships, prizefightings, pyelonephritis, pyrimethamines, scintigraphies, spinthariscope, streptothricin. | |
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