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Nephritical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a nephritic disease.

2. Affected with the stone or gravel; as a nephritic patient.

3. . Relieving or curing the stone or gravel, or disorders of the kidneys in general; as a nephritic medicine.

4. Nephritic stone, a stone of the silicious kind, called jade.

5. Nephritic wood, a species of compact wood of a fine grain, brought from New Spain, which gives a blue color to spirit of wine and to water; which color is changed to yellow by acids, and again to blue by alkalies.

Nephritical [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A medicine adapted to relieve or cure the diseases of the kidneys, particularly the gravel or stone in the bladder.

Nephritical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.

2. Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.

3. Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine.