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GRANULAR KIDNEY

\ɡɹˈanjʊlə kˈɪdnɪ], \ɡɹˈanjʊlə kˈɪdnɪ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_j_ʊ_l_ə k_ˈɪ_d_n_ɪ]\

Definitions of GRANULAR KIDNEY

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A slow form of chronic nephritis, often associated with an arthritic diathesis, in which the k. diminishes in size, and is of a red color, hard, fibrous, and granular in texture.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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