Medical Definition of Nephrophthisis

1. 1. Suppurative nephritis with wasting of the substance of the organ. 2. Tuberculosis of the kidney. Origin: nephro-+ G. Phthisis, a wasting Familial juvenile nephrophthisis, cystic disease of renal medulla, autosomal recessive type. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrophthisis

nephrolysin
nephrolysis
nephrolytic
nephroma
nephromalacia
nephromegaly
nephromere
nephron
nephronic loop
nephrons
nephropathia epidemica
nephropathic
nephropathies
nephropathy
nephropexy
nephrophthisis (current term)
nephroptosia
nephroptosis
nephropyosis
nephrorrhaphy
nephros
nephroscleroses
nephrosclerosis
nephroscope
nephroses
nephrosic
nephrosis
nephrospasia
nephrostogram

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