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nephrītis

nephrītis · f

disease of the kidneys, nephritis

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What it meant

nephrītis — Lewis & Short

nephrītis, ĭdis, f., = nefri=tis,

I disease of the kidneys, nephritis [pure Lat.: renalis passio, renale vitium]: nephritis a renum languore nomen accepit: renes enim Graeci nefrou/s dicunt, Isid. Orig, 4, 7, 24.—Hence, nephrītĭcus, a, um, adj., affected with nephritis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 6.

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