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nephritis

ne.phri.tis \ni-'fri-t-*s\ n [LL, fr. Gk, fr. nephros kidney; akin to ME 
   nere kidney, Lanuvian (Xnebrundines testicles : acute or chronic 
   inflammation of the kidney caused by infection, degener ative process, or 
   vascular disease