νεφρῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεφρός (nephrós, kidney) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis, a suffix forming a feminine noun, especially a technical term that pertains to the root word)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νεφρῖτις • (nephrîtisf (genitive νεφρῖτιδος); third declension

  1. (medicine) a disease of the kidney

Inflection