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nephrosis

nephrosis noun: a non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.

Noun

nephrosis (countable and uncountable, plural nephroses)

  1. A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.

nephrosis meaning in Tamil

nephrosis in Tamil

சிறுநீரகப் பாதிப்பு, சிறுநீரக நோக்கல், சிறுநீரகியம், நீரகக்கேடு

Synonyms of nephrosis

Forms of nephrosis

pluralnephroses

Origin of nephrosis

From nephro- + -osis.

Words formed from nephrosis

Questions about nephrosis

What does nephrosis mean?
Nephrosis means a non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.
What is nephrosis in Tamil?
Nephrosis in Tamil is சிறுநீரகப் பாதிப்பு, சிறுநீரக நோக்கல், சிறுநீரகியம். See Nephrosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nephrosis?
Nephrosis is a noun.
What is the plural of nephrosis?
The plural of nephrosis is nephroses.

Words near nephrosis in the dictionary

  1. nephroscopies
  2. nephroscopy
  3. nephroses
  4. nephrosic
  5. nephrosiderosis
  6. nephrosis
  7. nephrosonographic
  8. nephrosonography
  9. nephrosphere
  10. nephrospheres
  11. nephrosplenic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nephrosis (page history and authors); nephrosis (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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