Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Having to do with the kidney, as in nephrology (the art and science of the care of the kidneys) and nephropathy (any kidney disease).

Inflammation of the kidney, which causes impaired kidney function. Nephritis can be due to a variety of causes, including kidney disease, autoimmune disease, and infection. Treatment depends on the cause.

1. Neutral endopeptidase.2. Neuroepithelial.

Pertaining to a tumor or the process of tumor formation.

A tumor.

Abnormal new growth of cells.

A newborn baby, specifically a baby in the first 4 weeks after birth. After a month, a baby is no longer considered a neonate.

Pertaining to the newborn period, specifically the first 4 weeks after birth.

Prefix meaning new. From the Greek “neos”, new, young, fresh, recent. Examples of terms starting with “neo-” include neonatal and neonate (the newborn), neoplasia and neoplasm (new growth = tumor), etc. The opposite of neo- is paleo-. Although paleo- does enter occasionally into medical usage, it is far less commonly encountered than neo- in medicine (and on the pharmacy shelves where there is…

Also known as an antisense-strand RNA virus, a virus whose genetic information consists of a single strand of RNA that is the negative or antisense strand which does not encode mRNA (messenger RNA). Examples of negative-strand RNA viruses include influenza virus, measles viruses, and rabies virus. There are two types of RNA viruses. Some are positive in that they have a “sense”…