perinephritis

English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ nephritis.

Noun

perinephritis (usually uncountable, plural perinephritides)

1. (medicine) inflammation or infection of the cellular tissue around the kidney

Related terms

• perinephritic

References

• “perinephritis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.