Meanings
plural glomerulonephritides · plural glomerulonephrites · abbreviation GN
- countableuncountablemedicineA form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli.
Meronym: glomerulitis
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The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).
2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Internationalism. From glomerulo- + nephritis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch glomerulonefritis, nierfilterontsteking
- glomerulonefritisform of nephritis
- nierfilterontstekingform of nephritis
Finnish glomerulonefriitti
- glomerulonefriittiform of nephritis
Spanish glomerulonefritis
- glomerulonefritisform of nephritis
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glomerulonephritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomerulonephritis
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