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Webster 1913 Edition


Nephritic

Ne-phrit′ic

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Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nephritic

NEPHRITIC

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Adj.
[Gr. From the kidneys.]
1.
Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a nephritic disease.
2.
Affected with the stone or gravel; as a nephritic patient.
3.
Relieving or curing the stone or gravel, or disorders of the kidneys in general; as a nephritic medicine.
Nephritic stone, a stone of the silicious kind, called jade.
Nephritic wood, a species of compact wood of a fine grain, brought from New Spain, which gives a blue color to spirit of wine and to water; which color is changed to yellow by acids, and again to blue by alkalies.

Definition 2024


nephritic

nephritic

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Adjective

nephritic (comparative more nephritic, superlative most nephritic)

  1. Of or relating to the kidneys.
  2. Of, relating to, or affected with nephritis.

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Noun

nephritic (plural nephritics)

  1. Someone with nephritis.