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adjective

Nephritical, Nephritic adj.

Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.

(Med.)

(a)

Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.

(b)

Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine.

Of or pertaining to nephrite.

Nephritic stone (Min.), Nephrite; jade. See Nephrite.

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Etymology of 'Nephritical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nephritical" Quotes from Famous Books

... stumbles, or on a road full of pitfalls. We shall only say that the Cynara cardunculus, (a singularly fine thistle or wild artichoke;) the prickly uncultivated love-apple, (a beautiful variety of the Solanum,) of which the decoction is not infrequently employed in nephritic complaints; the Ferula, sighing for occupation all along the sea-shore, and shaking its scourge as the wind blows; the Rhododendron, in full blossom, planted amongst the shingles; the Thapsia gargarica, with its silver umbel, looking at a short distance like mica, ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. • Various