NEPHROPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephropathy mean? 

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

1. a disease affecting the kidneys

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPHROPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease affecting the kidneys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

kidney disease; nephropathy; nephrosis; renal disorder

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

uropathy (any pathology of the urinary tract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nephropathy"):

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

nephroangiosclerosis; nephrosclerosis (kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure)

PKD; polycystic kidney disease (kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure)

polyuria (renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with diabetes)

kidney failure; renal failure (inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance)

renal insufficiency (insufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneys)

 Context examples 

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and diabetic nephropathy.

(MIR377 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Kidney damage from diabetes is called diabetic nephropathy.

(Diabetic Kidney Problems, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It is manifested with small hemorrhages in the skin, gastrointestinal symptoms, arthritis, and nephropathy.

(Henoch-Schonlein Purpura, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with nephropathy with pretibial epidermolysis bullosa and deafness.

(CD151 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by fingernail deformities, absence or hypoplasia of the patellae, iliac horns, deformities of the radial heads, nephropathy, and glaucoma.

(Nail-Patella Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of epithelial ovarian carcinoma and diabetic nephropathy.

(MIR377 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The syndrome is distinct from heroin-associated nephropathy as well as other forms of kidney disease seen in HIV-infected patients.

(HIV-Associated Nephropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy that affects people in certain rural areas along the Danube river in the Balkans.

(Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Although this class of agents is also used in diabetic nephropathy (kidney damage due to diabetes) and congestive heart failure, it is primarily used for the treatment of hypertension in cases where the patient is intolerant of ACE inhibitor therapy.

(Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)