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Nephropathy vs Nephritis - What's the difference?

nephropathy | nephritis |

In pathology terms the difference between nephropathy and nephritis

is that nephropathy is damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys while nephritis is inflammation of the kidney.

nephropathy

English

Noun

(nephropathies)
  • (pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.

    • Synonyms

    *kidney disease *nephrosis *renal disorder *renopathy

    Derived terms

    *nephropathic

    External links

    * (wikipedia "nephropathy")

    nephritis

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (pathology) Inflammation of the kidney.

    • See also

    * Bright's disease * nephrosclerosis * nephrosis * nephrotic syndrome

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