Nephrosclerosis

n. sclerosis of the kidneys, hardening of the kidneys (Pathology)

Hypertensive nephropathy (or "hypertensive nephrosclerosis", or "Hypertensive renal disease") is a medical condition referring to damage to the kidney due to chronic high blood pressure.It should be distinguished from "renovascular hypertension" (I15.0), which is a form of secondary hypertension.In the kidneys, as a result of benign arterial hypertension, hyaline (pink, amorphous, homogeneous material) accumulates in the wall of small arteries and arterioles, producing the thickening of their walls and the narrowing of the lumens — hyaline arteriolosclerosis. Consequent ischemia will produce tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, glomerular alterations (smaller glomeruli with different degrees of hyalinization - from mild to sclerosis of glomeruli) and periglomerular fibrosis. In advanced stages, renal failure will occur. Functional nephrons have dilated tubules, often with hyaline casts in the lumens.
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Nephrosclerosis /neph·ro·scle·ro·sis/ hardening of the kidney due to renovascular disease. arteriolar nephrosclerosis that involving mainly [more]Nephrosclerosis - Community and Resources

Noun
1. kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure
(synonym) nephroangiosclerosis
(hypernym) kidney disease, renal disorder, nephropathy, nephrosis

Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis.