- glomerulonephritis
- noun (plural glomerulonephritides) Date: circa 1886 nephritis marked by inflammation of the capillaries of the renal glomeruli
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
glomerulonephritis
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Glomerulonephritis — Glomerulonephritis, Form der Nierenentzündung … Universal-Lexikon
glomerulonephritis — [glō mer΄yo͞o lō΄ne frīt′is] n. [ModL: see GLOMERULUS & NEPHRITIS] a type of nephritis characterized by inflamed glomeruli and probably caused by certain antibody antigen complexes in the blood filtering through the kidney … English World dictionary
Glomerulonephritis — Unter einer Glomerulonephritis (griech. Nephros, Niere; itis, Entzündung; Plural: Glomerulonephritiden) wird in der Medizin die Entzündung der Nierenkörperchen (Glomerulum, Mehrzahl Glomeruli oder Glomerula, Corpuscula renales) in der Niere… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Glomerulonephritis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 5245 ICD10 = N00, N01, N03, N18 ICD9 = ICD9|580 ICD9|582 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005921 Glomerulonephritis, also known as glomerular nephritis,… … Wikipedia
glomerulonephritis — (glo mer u lo nē fri tis) An inflammatory disease of the renal glomeruli … Dictionary of microbiology
glomerulonephritis — Inflammatory response in the kidney glomerulus that often arises because immune complexes cannot pass through the basement membrane of the fenestrated epithelium where plasma filtration occurs. Circulating neutrophils are trapped on the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
glomerulonephritis — /gloh mer yeuh loh neuh fruy tis, gleuh /, n. Pathol. a kidney disease affecting the capillaries of the glomeruli, characterized by albuminuria, edema, and hypertension. [1885 90; GLOMERUL(US) + O + NEPHRITIS] * * * … Universalium
glomerulonephritis — noun A form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli … Wiktionary
glomerulonephritis — Renal disease characterized by diffuse inflammatory changes in glomeruli that are not the acute response to infection of the kidneys. SYN: glomerular nephritis. [glomerulus + G. nephros, kidney, + itis, inflammation] … Medical dictionary
Glomerulonephritis — Glomerulo|ne|phri̱tis [zu ↑Glomerulus u. gr. νεϕρος = Niere], dafür häufig die Kurzbezeichnung: Ne|phri̱tis w; , ...iti̱den (in fachspr. Fügungen: ...i̱tides): Nierenentzündung, die vorwiegend die ↑Glomeruli ergreift … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
