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nephrosclerosis

nephrosclerosis noun: arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.

Noun

nephrosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural nephroscleroses)

  1. arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries

nephrosclerosis meaning in Tamil

nephrosclerosis in Tamil

சிறுநீரகக்கடினம்

Forms of nephrosclerosis

pluralnephroscleroses

Origin of nephrosclerosis

From nephro- (“kidney”) + sclerosis (“hard”).

Words formed from nephrosclerosis

Questions about nephrosclerosis

What does nephrosclerosis mean?
Nephrosclerosis means arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
What is nephrosclerosis in Tamil?
Nephrosclerosis in Tamil is சிறுநீரகக்கடினம். See Nephrosclerosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nephrosclerosis?
Nephrosclerosis is a noun.
What is the plural of nephrosclerosis?
The plural of nephrosclerosis is nephroscleroses.

Words near nephrosclerosis in the dictionary

  1. nephropyosis
  2. nephrorrhaphies
  3. nephrorrhaphy
  4. nephros
  5. nephroscleroses
  6. nephrosclerosis
  7. nephrosclerotic
  8. nephroscope
  9. nephroscopes
  10. nephroscopies
  11. nephroscopy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nephrosclerosis (page history and authors); nephrosclerosis (Tamil 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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