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GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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 Context examples: 

Chronic glomerulonephritis characterized histologically by proliferation of mesangial cells, increase in the mesangial matrix, and a thickening of the glomerular capillary walls.

(Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An allelic variant of the MME gene is associated with fetomaternal alloimmunisation with antenatal glomerulopathies and membranous glomerulonephritis (FMAIG) as well as with renal failure in early adulthood.

(MME wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination of pulmonary hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.

(Goodpasture Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Nephrotic syndrome caused by glomerulonephritis associated with complement deficiency.

(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Hypocomplementemic Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)