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(pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys..
The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).
Use nephropathy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nephropathy means (pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys..
Common synonyms include kidney disease, nephrosis, renal disorder, renopathy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).
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