Urinary
glomerulonephritis
gloh-mer-yoo-loh-neh-FRY-tis
StatusNew
Definition
Inflammation of kidney glomeruli
PathologyUrinary
Breakdown
Root
nephr/o
kidney
Suffix
-itis
inflammation
Etymology
Latin: glomerul/o (glomerulus) + nephr/o (kidney) + -itis (inflammation)
Practice
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