Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NE-PHRIT'IC, or NE-PHRIT'IC-AL
NE-PHRIT'IC, or NE-PHRIT'IC-AL, a. [Gr. νεφριτικος, from νεφρος, the kidneys.]
- Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as, nephritic disease.
- Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.
- Relieving disorders of the kidneys in general; as, a nephritic medicine. Nephritic stone, a stone of the silicious kind, called jade. 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. Supposed to be the Hyperanthera Moringa. Nicholson. Encyc.
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