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nephritis

/nɪˈfraɪtɪs/

nephritis noun: inflammation of the kidney.

Noun

nephritis (plural nephritides or nephritises)

  1. Inflammation of the kidney.

nephritis meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Malay

nephritis in Tamil

சிறுநீரக அழற்சி, நெபிரைற்றிசு, சிறுநீரகவழற்சி, சிறுநீரக வீக்கம், நெஃப்ரைட்டிஸ்

nephritis in Bengali

বৃক্কপ্রদাহ

nephritis in Tagalog

inflammation of the kidney
magambato

nephritis in Malay

inflammation of the kidney
radang ginjal, nefritis

Synonyms of nephritis

Forms of nephritis

pluralnephritides
pluralnephritises

Origin of nephritis

Internationalism. From nephr- + -itis.

Words formed from nephritis

Questions about nephritis

What does nephritis mean?
Nephritis means inflammation of the kidney.
What is nephritis in Tamil?
Nephritis in Tamil is சிறுநீரக அழற்சி, நெபிரைற்றிசு, சிறுநீரகவழற்சி. See Nephritis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nephritis?
Nephritis is a noun.
How do you pronounce nephritis?
Nephritis is pronounced /nɪˈfraɪtɪs/.
What is the plural of nephritis?
The plural of nephritis is nephritides.

Words near nephritis in the dictionary

  1. nephritical
  2. nephritick
  3. nephriticks
  4. nephritics
  5. nephritides
  6. nephritis
  7. nephritises
  8. nephritogenic
  9. nephritogenicity
  10. nephro-
  11. nephroabdominal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nephritis (page history and authors); nephritis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nephritis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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