See Also: lowly(2)(dictionary)
lowly(1)(dictionary)
lowly(medicine)
lowly(dictionary)
Nephrotic(medicine)
nephrotic(dictionary)
Nephrotic syndrome(medicine)
nephrotic oedema(medicine)
Nephrotic syndrome(health)
minimal-change nephrotic syndrome(medicine)

Nephrotic syndrome (health) and lowly(1) (iou)


Nephrotic syndrome (health)


Nephrotic syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms including protein in the urine, low blood protein, and swelling. Nephrotic syndrome is caused by disorders that result in some type of damage to the kidney glomerulus, leading to abnormal loss of protein in the urine.





lowly(1) (iou)



lowly adjective. Now chiefly arch. & rhet. LME.
[from LOW adjective + -LY1.]
Humble in feeling or behaviour; humble in condition or quality; modest. LME.
R. Owen Her parents would not..consider allowing their daughter to marry a man..of lowly origin. D. Rowe The lowly status of children..in poverty.
b. Low, mean, base. rare. M18.
Low in position (usu. with allus. to sense 1). L16.
E. K. Kane The sun, albeit from a lowly altitude, shone out.
Of a plant or animal: primitive, simple. L19.
lowlihead noun (arch.) humility, lowliness LME.
lowlily adverb ME.
lowliness noun LME.