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glomerulonephritis definition

glo·meru·lo·nephri·tis (glō mer′yo̵̅o̅ lō′ne frīt′is)

noun

a type of nephritis characterized by inflamed glomeruli and probably caused by certain antibody-antigen complexes in the blood filtering through the kidney

Etymology: ModL: see glomerulus & nephritis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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