Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nephrotic_syndrome

1 sense of nephrotic syndrome

Sense 1
nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis -- (a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases)
       => syndrome -- (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)