nephrocalcinosis
noun
nephrocalcinosis is a noun meaning “The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-P-H-R-O-C-A-L-C-I-N-O-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of nephrocalcinosis is nephrocalcinoses.
What does nephrocalcinosis mean?
noun
- 1
The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
- 2
Diffuse, fine, renal parenchymal calcification on radiology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nephrocalcinosis
- nephrocalcinoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nephrocalcinosis?
Nephrocalcinosis appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does nephrocalcinosis come from?
From nephro- + calcinosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).