nephritis Path.
(nɛˈfraɪtɪs)
[ad. late L. nephrītis (Isidore), a. Gr. νεϕρῖτις, f. νεϕρός kidney.]
Inflammation of the kidneys.
| 1580 Blundevil Horsemanship iv. 44 b, The inflamation of the kidnies, which is called of them Nephritis. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 381 The inflammation of the reines, or nephritis, is a swelling of the same [etc.]. 1747 tr. Astruc's Fevers 154 Hepatitis, nephritis, dysentery. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 175/2 The nephritis has the same symptoms in common with other inflammations. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 1291/2 In arthritic nephritis the quantity of the uric acid crystals is sometimes extremely great. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (1879) II. 49 Nephritis may occur as a consequence of local injury, or as an attack upon a chronically diseased organ. |