nephritis

English Thesaurus

1. an inflammation of the kidney (noun.state)

hypernym	:	kidney disease, nephropathy, nephrosis, renal disorder,
definition	:	a disease affecting the kidneys (noun.state)

hyponym	:	glomerulonephritis,
definition	:	nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema (noun.state)

derivation	:	nephritic,
definition	:	affected by nephritis (adj.pert)

derivation	:	nephritic,
definition	:	affected by nephritis (adj.pert)