oligomeganephronia

English

Etymology

From oligo- +‎ mega- +‎ nephron +‎ -ia.

Noun

oligomeganephronia (usually uncountable, plural oligomeganephronias)

  1. (pathology) A kidney disease characterised by larger nephrons that are reduced in number
    • 2015 July 9, Ying Maggie Chen, Helen Liapis, “Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: molecular genetics and targeted therapies”, in BMC Nephrology‎[1], volume 16, →DOI:
      For example, oligomeganephronia, unilateral renal agenesis, renal dysplasia, reflux nephropathy, secondary to surgical or traumatic ablation, chronic allograft nephropathy, and other causes of nephron loss lead to FSGS.
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