nephropathy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
Example Sentences
- "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%)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English nephropathy From nephro- + -pathy.
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Phrases
Balkan endemic nephropathy
epidemic nephropathy
immunoglobulin A nephropathy
IgA nephropathy
Mesoamerican nephropathy