Inflammation of the glomeruli in the kidneys, causing the filtering units to become damaged and unable to properly filter blood.
From glomerulus plus -itis, the medical suffix meaning 'inflammation.' Describes inflammatory kidney disease.
The -itis suffix (meaning inflammation) is the most useful medical prefix to know—once you learn it, you can understand hundreds of disease names: bronchitis, meningitis, gastritis—it's the Rosetta Stone of medical terminology.
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