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glomerulonephritis

(glō mer′yo̵̅o̅ lō′ne frītis)

noun

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

Origin: ModL: see glomerulus & nephritis

See glomerulonephritis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the renal glomeruli.

Origin:

Origin: glomerul(us)

Origin: + nephritis

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