The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NEPHRITIS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NEPHRITIS
- His printer briefly malfunctions, leading to complaint
- Tyneside alarm is reportedly swelling organs!
- Inflammation affected penis? It hurt, on and off
- Complaint of writer about the British clearing banks
- Wrongly diagnosed Pinterish condition?
- . Write about people employed in an organisation, it's a complaint
- Sniper hit caused an inflammation
- Uses this pen, writing one complaint
- Disease makes one lose head, with spirit destroyed and assuming a bit of hardness
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What does NEPHRITIS mean?
NEPHRITIS noun- Inflammation of the kidney.