nephrosclerosis /neph·ro·scle·ro·sis/ (nef″ro-sklĕ-ro´sis) hardening of the kidney due to renovascular disease.
nephrosclerosis.
nephrosclerosis
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 (n f r -skl -r s s)n. Induration of the kidney from overgrowth and contraction of the interstitial connective tissue. neph ro·scle·rotic (-r tk) adj. |
nephrosclerosis.
See nephroangiosclerosis.
nephrosclerosis
hardening of the kidney associated with chronic glomerulonephritis and in humans especially with hypertension and disease of the renal arterioles.
nephrosclerosis
Arteriolonephrosclerosis Global fibrosis and atrophy of glomeruli, most common in atherosclerotic kidneys. See Malignant.
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