nephritis

As an adjective nephrotic

is pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.

As a noun nephritis is

inflammation of the kidney.

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.

As nouns the difference between nephritis and nephrites

is that nephritis is inflammation of the kidney while nephrites is plural of nephrite.

As nouns the difference between nephritics and nephritis

is that nephritics is plural of nephritic while nephritis is inflammation of the kidney.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and nephritis

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while nephritis is (pathology) inflammation of the kidney.

As a noun nephritis

is inflammation of the kidney.

As an adjective nephritogenic is

that causes nephritis.

As nouns the difference between nephritis and glomerulonephritis

is that nephritis is (pathology) inflammation of the kidney while glomerulonephritis is (medicine) a form of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli.