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glomerulonephritis
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
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