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nephritis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /nɪˈfraɪtɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the kidney.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences, urology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bright's disease

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an inflammation of the kidney

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bright's disease

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kidney disease, renal disorder, nephropathy, nephrosis

Narrower terms: glomerulonephritis

History

Etymology

Internationalism. From nephr- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: възпаление на бъбреците (vǎzpalenie na bǎbrecite) — inflammation of the kidney
  • Catalan: nefritis — inflammation of the kidney
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腎炎 /肾炎 (shènyán) — inflammation of the kidney
  • Czech: nefritida — inflammation of the kidney
  • Dutch: nefritis — inflammation of the kidney
  • Dutch: nierontsteking — inflammation of the kidney
  • Finnish: nefriitti — inflammation of the kidney
  • French: néphrite — inflammation of the kidney
  • Georgian: ნეფრიტი (nepriṭi) — inflammation of the kidney
  • Hungarian: nefritisz — inflammation of the kidney
  • Hungarian: vesegyulladás — inflammation of the kidney
  • Irish: neifríteas — inflammation of the kidney
  • Italian: nefrite — inflammation of the kidney
  • Macedonian: не́фрит (néfrit) — inflammation of the kidney
  • Macedonian: воспале́ние на бубре́зите (vospalénie na bubrézite) — inflammation of the kidney
  • Malay: radang ginjal — inflammation of the kidney
  • Malay: nefritis — inflammation of the kidney
  • Navajo: achą́ʼáshkʼazhí dideeshchiiʼ — inflammation of the kidney
  • Portuguese: nefrite — inflammation of the kidney
  • Romanian: nefrită — inflammation of the kidney
  • Russian: нефри́т (nefrít) — inflammation of the kidney
  • Spanish: nefritis — inflammation of the kidney
  • Tagalog: magambato — inflammation of the kidney