NEOTOCOPHTHALMIA 



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NEPHRITIS 



leotocophthalmia (ne-ot-ok-off-thal' -me-ah) [yeoroKne, 

 new-born ; cxpda/.fiia, ophthalmia]. Ophthalmia neona- 

 torum, q. v. 



fep \_nepeta, catmint]. The catnip, Nepeta cataria. 



lepal or Nepaul Tumor. A pendulous tumor of the 

 ear, at times reaching the size of a child's head. 

 It is endemic in Nepal, India. 



fepalin (nep' '-al-in) . Synonym of Pseudaconitin, 



lepenthe (tie-pan' -the) [yij-evdrjc, banishing pain]. 

 An old name for an Egyptian anodyne, probably 

 opium. 



[epenthes (tie-pen' -this) [yr/irevdi/c, banishing pain], 

 A genus of some 37 recognized species of tropical climb- 

 ing pitcher-plants. The pitchers contain droserin, 

 q. v. and azerin, q. v., and have the power of digesting 

 insects that are drowned in their watery secretion. 



[epeta (nep'-et-ah). See Catnip. 



lephablepsia (nef-ab-lep 1 '-se-ah). See Niphablepsia. 



lephalism (nef'-al-izm) [yj]fa?uaaoc, soberness]. 

 Total abstinence from spirituous liquors. 



lephela (nef'-el-ah) [ysyi/j], cloud]. Leukoma; also 

 cloudiness of the urine. 



rephelium (nef-el'-e-um). See Nebula. 



[epheloid (nef'-el-oid) [y£<f>e/,q, cloud ; elSog, like]. 

 Cloudy or turbid, as the urine under certain conditions. 



fephelopia (nef-el-o' -pe-ah) [ye<j>i?<r/, cloud; uip, eye]. 

 Cloudy or dim vision, due to some diminution of the 

 transparency of the ocular media. 



lephradenoma (nef-rad-en-o' -mah) \ye<ppog, kidney ; 

 , gland ; bua , tumor : pi. , A r ephradenomatd\ . 

 Adenoma of the kidney. 



lephralgia, Nephralgy (nef-ral' -je-ah , nef-ral'-je) 

 [ifopoc, kidney ; d/.}oc, a pain]. Pain referred to the 

 kidney ; renal colic. 



lephranuria (nef-ran-u' -re-ah) \yefyp6q, kidney; av, 

 priv.; ovpov, urine]. Suppression of the renal secre- 

 tion. 



lephrapostasis (nef-rap-os'-tas-is) [y£(j>p6c, kidney; 

 airoaraaic , suppurative inflammation]. Abscess, or 

 suppurative inflammation, of the kidneys. 



rephrapragmonia (nef-rap-rag-mo' -ne-ah) [yeippog, 

 kidney; d,priv. ; Tzpdyfiuv, work]. Inactivity or 

 torpidity of the kidneys. 



[ephrarctia (nef-rark' -te-ah) [veypoc, kidney ; arctus, 

 from arcere, to find]. Contraction of the kidney. 



lephrastoma (nef-ras'-to-mah) \yz<bpoc, kidney; aroua 

 (crrouara), the mouth : //. ,Xephrastomata~\ . In biology, 

 one of the ciliated funnels of the primitive kidney. 



lephratonia (nef-rat-o' -ne-ah), Nephratony (nef-raf- 

 011-e) [rfopor, kidney; d, priv. ; rdvog, tone]. Atony 

 or paralysis of the kidneys. 



lephrauxe (nef-rawks'-e) [reopoc, kidney ; av^tf, in- 

 crease]. Enlargement of the kidney. 



lephrectasia (nef-rek-ta'-ze-ah) [yempoc, kidney ; 

 . dilatation]. Dilatation of a kidney. 



rephrectomy (nef-rek' -to-me) [ve<j>p6c, kidney ; ektoutj, 

 excision]. Excision of the kidney. N., Abdominal, 

 nephrectomy through an abdominal incision. N., 

 Lumbar, removal of the kidney through an incision 

 in the loin. 



Tephredema (nef-re-de'-mali) \yzop6c, kidney ; oifo/fia, 

 edema]. Edema of the kidneys. 



Tephrelcosis (tief-rel-ko'-sis) [rcopoc , kidney 7 ; i/.nuGiq, 

 ulceration]. Ulceration of the kidney. 



Tephrelcus (nef-rel'-kus) [yetypbc, kidney ; e/.Kog, an 

 ulcer]. An ulcer of the kidney. 



lephremorrhagia (nef-rem-or-a' -je-ah) \yztyp6q, kid- 

 ney ; aiua, blood; prp/vivai, to burst forth]. Hemor- 

 rhage from the kidney. 



fephremphraxis (nef-rem-fraks'-is) \y°<i>p6c, kidney; 

 hiboaziq, obstruction] . Obstruction of the vessels of 

 the kidneys. 



Nephresia (nef-re' -ze-ah) [yz<f>p6g, kidney]. Disease 

 of the kidney. 



Nephretic (nef-ref -ik) [yz<ppoq, kidney]. Affected with 

 nephresia. 



Nephria 1 nef -re-ah) . See Bright' s Disease. 



Nephric (nef'-rik) [yzopog, kidney]. Pertaining to the 

 kidney. 



Nephridia (nef-rid'-e-ah). Plural of Aephridium. 



Nephridial (nef-rid'-e-al) [yzcj>p6g, a kidney]. Of or 

 pertaining to a nephridium. N. Ridge, the larger of 

 the two ridges on the dorsal aspect of the body-cavity 

 of a vertebrate embryo. It contains the transverse 

 excretory tubules (segmental tubules, nephridia) which 

 are developed from the nephrotomes. It is also called 

 the Wolffian ridge. N. Row, one of the single or 

 double cell-rows which lie near the neural rows, 

 developed from the polar cells (or nephroblasts) in the 

 embryos of certain worms. 



Nephridium, Nephridion (nef-rid'-e-um, nef-rid'-e- 

 on) [dim. of vzibpog, kidney: pi., Kephridia~\. In 

 biology: I. The fat about the kidneys. 2. The renal- 

 sexual organ (organ of Bojanus) in certain inverte- 

 brate animals. Much convoluted cellular tubes func- 

 tioning as kidneys in the a nnelida and certain mollusca. 

 They occasionally act as ducts for the transmission of 

 the sexual products. Cf. A'ephrogonaduct. I. Pro- 

 visional or Embrydnic Nephridia, those that tem- 

 porarily appear in the ontogenetic development ; (a) 

 those that appear in that region of the embryo or larva 

 that corresponds with the subsequent head-segment 

 and which lie at the anterior extremity of the cell-mass 

 (mesoderm streaks) are called embryonic head nephri- 

 dia or head kidneys ; (b) those that appear in the 

 trunk-segments are called embryonic or provision a 

 trunk nephridia or kidneys. II. Permanent Neph- 

 ridia, on account of their frequently strict segmental 

 arrangement, are often called segmental organs, or on 

 account of their looped or winding course (in Oligo- 

 cholia and Hirndinea) looped canals. The anal tubes 

 of the Echiurida are sometimes called nephridia. 



Nephrism (ncf'-rizm) [reopoc, kidney]. The grave 

 condition of patients suffering from pronounced or 

 advanced disease of the kidney. 



Nephritic (nef-rit'-ik) [vz&ptTtnoc, from vz<bpog, kidney] . 

 Pertaining to nephritis, or to the kidney. 



Nephritis (nef-ri' -tis) [rep/wSc, the kidney ; inc, inflam- 

 mation]. Inflammation of the kidneys. It occurs in 

 various forms designated as acute, chronic, desquama- 

 tive, glomerular, interstitial, parenchymatous, and 

 tubal. See Bright' s Disease. N., Acute Albumin- 

 ous. See A r ., Acute Desquamative. N. aposto- 

 matosa, suppurative inflammation of the kidney. N., 

 Cachectic, a synonym of Bright's disease in gen- 

 eral. N., Clostridial, a form of chronic nephritis 

 believed by Hopkins (F. V.) to be due to a peculiar 

 microorganism , the " Clostridium renale." The symp- 

 toms are nervousness, sleeplessness, flatulent dyspep- 

 sia, albuminuria, dropsy, dyspnea, heart-failure, and 

 the presence of the Clostridia in the urine, free and 

 attached to casts. N., Consecutive, an inflammatory 

 affection of the kidney secondary to disease of th 

 lower portions of the urinary tract. N., Glomerulai 

 See Glomerulo-nephritis. N., Interstitial, renal in- 

 flammation affecting the connective tissue mainly. N., 

 Intertubular. Same as A'., Interstitial. N., Larda- 

 ceous, nephritis associated with amyloid degeneration 

 of the kidney. N., Metastatic, that secondary to dis- 

 ease of another organ. N., Mycotic, that accompany- 

 ing any form of mycosis. N., Parasitic, that depend- 

 ent upon the presence of renal parasites. N., Paren- 

 chymatous, that involving the true renal parenchyma. 

 See Bright's Disease. N., Puerperal, the congested 



