Ne-phrit'ic or Ne-phrit'ic-al1, a.
a. [Gr. νεφριτικός, Fr. néphrétique, It. & Sp. nefritico. See NEPHRITIS.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as, a nephritic disease.
Sense 2. Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.
Sense 3. Relieving disorders of the kidneys in general; as, a nephritic medicine.
Nephritic stone (Min.), nephrite; jade. See NEPHRITE.—Nephritic wood, the wood of a leguminous tree, Moringa pterygospherma (Guilandina moringa of Linnæus), decoctions of which have been used for curing affections of the kidneys and other urinary organs. Dunglison.