Nephrosis
[nuh-froh-sis] /nəˈfroʊ sɪs/
noun, Pathology.
1.
kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
/nɪˈfrəʊsɪs/
noun
1.
any noninflammatory degenerative kidney disease
nephrosis ne·phro·sis (nə-frō’sĭs)
n. pl. ne·phro·ses (-sēz)
ne·phrot’ic (-frŏt’ĭk) adj.
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