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glomerulonephropathy

glomerulonephropathy noun: any disease of the renal glomeruli.

Noun

glomerulonephropathy (plural glomerulonephropathies)

  1. Any disease of the renal glomeruli
    • Samples from 102 adult Dogue de Bordeaux dogs (47 non-proteinuric [urine protein-to-creatinine ratio≤0.2], 20 borderline-proteinuric [0.2 0.5]) were used, of which 2 were suffering from familial glomerulonephropathy.2015 July 17, “Characterization of Proteinuria in Dogue de Bordeaux Dogs, a Breed Predisposed to a Familial Glomerulonephropathy: A Retrospective Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of glomerulonephropathy

pluralglomerulonephropathies

Origin of glomerulonephropathy

From glomerulo- + nephropathy.

Questions about glomerulonephropathy

What does glomerulonephropathy mean?
Glomerulonephropathy means any disease of the renal glomeruli.
What part of speech is glomerulonephropathy?
Glomerulonephropathy is a noun.
What is the plural of glomerulonephropathy?
The plural of glomerulonephropathy is glomerulonephropathies.

Words near glomerulonephropathy in the dictionary

  1. glomerulonephrites
  2. glomerulonephritic
  3. glomerulonephritides
  4. glomerulonephritis
  5. glomerulonephropathies
  6. glomerulonephropathy
  7. glomerulonephrosis
  8. glomerulopathic
  9. glomerulopathies
  10. glomerulopathy
  11. glomerulopenia

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