nephropathy
nephropathy noun: damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
Noun
nephropathy (plural nephropathies)
- Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
- The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney...2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- kidney disease, nephrosis, renal disorder, renopathy
nephropathy meaning in Tamil
nephropathy in Tamil
- சிறுநீரக வாதம், நிறுநீரக நோய்
Synonyms of nephropathy
Forms of nephropathy
| plural | nephropathies |
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Origin of nephropathy
From nephro- + -pathy.
Words formed from nephropathy
- Balkan endemic nephropathy
- epidemic nephropathy
- glomerulonephropathy
- immunoglobulin A nephropathy
- IgA nephropathy
- IgAN
- Mesoamerican nephropathy
- nephropathic
- steatonephropathy
Questions about nephropathy
- What does nephropathy mean?
- Nephropathy means damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
- What is nephropathy in Tamil?
- Nephropathy in Tamil is சிறுநீரக வாதம், நிறுநீரக நோய். See Nephropathy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nephropathy?
- Nephropathy is a noun.
- What is the plural of nephropathy?
- The plural of nephropathy is nephropathies.
Words near nephropathy in the dictionary
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