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BRIGHT'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bright's disease mean? 

BRIGHT'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun BRIGHT'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. an inflammation of the kidneyplay

  Familiarity information: BRIGHT'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRIGHT'S DISEASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An inflammation of the kidney

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Bright's disease; nephritis

Hypernyms ("Bright's disease" is a kind of...):

kidney disease; nephropathy; nephrosis; renal disorder (a disease affecting the kidneys)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bright's disease"):

glomerulonephritis (nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema)


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