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Webster 1913 Edition
Nephritic
Ne-phrit′ic
,Noun.
(Med.)
A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nephritic
NEPHRITIC
,Adj.
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
English
Alternative forms
- nephritick (obsolete)
Adjective
nephritic (comparative more nephritic, superlative most nephritic)
Synonyms
Translations
of or relating to the kidneys
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of, relating to or affected with nephritis
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Noun
nephritic (plural nephritics)
- Someone with nephritis.