GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glomerulonephritis mean? 

• GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (noun)
  The noun GLOMERULONEPHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GLOMERULONEPHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("glomerulonephritis" is a kind of...):

Bright's disease; nephritis (an inflammation of the kidney)

 Context examples 

Causes include diabetes, hypertension, and glomerulonephritis.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Glomerulonephritis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

(Lupus Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It can result from an acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis or lupus glomerulonephritis.

(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Hypocomplementemic Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A chronic autoimmune glomerulonephritis characterized by the deposition of immunoglobulin A in the mesangium of the glomeruli.

(IgA Nephropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic form of glomerulonephritis characterized by recurring hematuria with only slight proteinuria and by deposits of IMMUNOGLOBULIN A in the mesangial areas of the renal glomeruli.

(IgA Nephropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is known also as the lung purpura glomerulonephritis complex.

(Goodpasture Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Glomerulonephritis characterized by the presence of Cong-red negative microfibrils in the mesangium and capillary walls of the glomeruli.

(Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also called minimal change glomerular disease and minimal lesion glomerulonephritis.

(Minimal Change Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Characterized histologically by proteinaceous deposits on the glomerular capillary basement membrane or by thickening of the membrane; clinically similar to chronic glomerulonephritis, occasionally with transient nephrotic syndrome.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

An autoimmune disorder characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.

(Goodpasture Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)