(pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.

plural of nephropathy

A viral haemorrhagic fever primarily occurring in Scandinavia and NW Russia, caused by a type of hantavirus spread by voles.

An epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin, prevalent in parts of Mesoamerica.

(medicine) A chronic, progressive form of interstitial nephritis, leading to kidney failure, that occurs in several discrete rural communities in countries of the Balkan Peninsula.