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Definition of Neuritis

1. Noun. Inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function.

Definition of Neuritis

1. n. Inflammation of a nerve.

Definition of Neuritis

1. Noun. (context: neurology pathology) Inflammation of one or more nerves. ¹

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Definition of Neuritis

1. inflammation of a nerve [n -RITIDES or -RITISES]

Medical Definition of Neuritis

1. Inflammation of a nerve, a condition attended by pain and tenderness over the nerves, anaesthesia and paraesthesias, paralysis, wasting and disappearance of the reflexes. In practice, the term is also used to denote noninflammatory lesions of the peripheral nervous system. If the involvement is in one nerve it is called mononeuritis, in several nerves, mononeuritis multiplex, if diffuse and bilateral, polyneuritis. See: neuropathy. (16 Dec 1997)

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