NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephrotic syndrome mean? 

• NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun NEPHROTIC SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases

  Familiarity information: NEPHROTIC SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nephrosis; nephrotic syndrome

Hypernyms ("nephrotic syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

Patients present with proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome.

(Minimal Change Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare autosomal recessive inherited nephrotic syndrome that is present in the first week of life.

(Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Renal syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients characterized by nephrotic syndrome, severe proteinuria, focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis with distinctive tubular and interstitial changes, enlarged kidneys, and peculiar tubuloreticular structures.

(HIV-Associated Nephropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Characterized histologically by proteinaceous deposits on the glomerular capillary basement membrane or by thickening of the membrane; clinically similar to chronic glomerulonephritis, occasionally with transient nephrotic syndrome.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Nephrotic syndrome caused by glomerulonephritis associated with complement deficiency.

(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Hypocomplementemic Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease of the glomerulus manifested clinically by proteinuria, and sometimes by other features of the nephrotic syndrome.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)