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Nephritical   Listen
adjective
Nephritical, Nephritic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.
2.
(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.
3.
Of or pertaining to nephrite.
Nephritic stone (Min.), Nephrite; jade. See Nephrite.






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"Nephritical" Quotes from Famous Books



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



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