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nephrosclerosis

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nephrosclerosis /neph·ro·scle·ro·sis/ (nef?ro-skle-ro´sis) hardening of the kidney due to renovascular disease.
arteriolar nephrosclerosis  that involving mainly arterioles, with degeneration of renal tubules and fibrotic thickening of glomeruli; there are both benign and malignant forms.

neph·ro·scle·ro·sis (nfr-skl-rss)
n.
Induration of the kidney from overgrowth and contraction of the interstitial connective tissue.

nephro·scle·rotic (-rtk) adj.

nephrosclerosis
hardening of the kidney associated with chronic glomerulonephritis and in humans especially with hypertension and disease of the renal arterioles.

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