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Bright's disease definition

Bright's disease (brīts)

the chronic form of glomerulonephritis: once used for nephritis in general

Etymology: after R. Bright (1789-1858), London physician who first diagnosed it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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