Noah Webster
Nephritical
NEPHRITICAL, adjective [Gr. From the kidneys.]
1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a nephritic disease.
2. Affected with the stone or gravel; as a nephritic patient.
. Relieving or curing the stone or gravel, or disorders of the kidneys in general; as a nephritic medicine.
Nephritic stone, a stone of the silicious kind, called jade.
Nephritic wood, a species of compact wood of a fine grain, brought from New Spain, which gives a blue color to spirit of wine and to water; which color is changed to yellow by acids, and again to blue by alkalies.
NEPHRITIC, noun A medicine adapted to relieve or cure the diseases of the kidneys, particularly the gravel or stone in the bladder.