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  • adjective Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.

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Examples

  • Jimmy had a disease called nephrotic syndrome, and it was not responding to any therapy we had tried.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith Jack Canfield 2008

  • Jimmy had a disease called nephrotic syndrome, and it was not responding to any therapy we had tried.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith Jack Canfield 2008

  • For instance, you may be malnourished, or you may have lost excessive albumin from your kidneys because of a condition called nephrotic syndrome.

    DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001

  • Acthar is an injection used to treat multiple sclerosis, infantile spasms, and a kidney condition called nephrotic syndrome.

    unknown title 2011

  • A third avenue of potential growth may lie in the treatment of a dangerous kidney condition called nephrotic syndrome.

    Fool.com Headlines Rich Duprey 2010

  • A third avenue of potential growth may lie in the treatment of a dangerous kidney condition called nephrotic syndrome.

    Fool.com Headlines Rich Duprey 2010

  • A third avenue of potential growth may lie in the treatment of a dangerous kidney condition called nephrotic syndrome.

    Fool.com Headlines 2010

  • Weeks and a bunch of hospital tests later, her parents were given the grim news: She had something called nephrotic syndrome.

    Madison.com - top 2009

  • Charlotte Laszlo, a retired schoolteacher with long-standing nephrotic syndrome, is here to see me for her checkup.

    After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010

  • Jasmine Hughes is lying in a hospital bed, having a nephrotic crisis: her kidneys are excreting huge amounts of protein, and her serum albumin is too low to even measure.

    After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010

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