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Medical Definition of Chronic nephritis

1. Glomerulonephritis that presents with persisting proteinuria, chronic renal failure, and hypertension, of insidious onset or as a late sequel of acute glomerulonephritis; the kidneys are symmetrically contracted and granular, with scarring and loss of glomeruli and the presence of tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis. Synonym: chronic nephritis. (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronic Nephritis

chronic interstitial hypertrophic neuropathy chronic interstitial salpingitis chronic kidney failure chronic kidney failure chronic leukaemia chronic leukemia chronic lymphadenoid thyroiditis chronic lymphocytic leukaemia chronic lymphocytic leukemia chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis

chronic malaria chronic mountain sickness chronic myelocytic leukemia chronic myeloid leukaemia chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia chronic nephritis (current term) chronic nonleukaemic myelosis chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic pancreatitis

chronic pancreatitis: surgical treatment chronic persistent hepatitis chronic persisting hepatitis chronic phase chronic pleurisy chronic pneumonia chronic progressive chorea chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia chronic progressive syphilitic meningoencephalitis chronic pyelonephritis

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