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Definition of Polyneuritis
1. Noun. Inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy).
Generic synonyms: Neuritis
Specialized synonyms: Guillain-barre Syndrome, Infectious Polyneuritis, Landry's Paralysis
Definition of Polyneuritis
1. Noun. inflammation of multiple nerves; multiple neuritis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyneuritis
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Medical Definition of Polyneuritis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyneuritis
Literary usage of Polyneuritis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In rare cases, the diphtheritic polyneuritis extends to the motor and sensory nerves
... (7) Other Forms of polyneuritis Toxic polyneuritis may complicate ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"The diagnosis of polyneuritis was not difficult to make. The recidivating form
of polyneuritis is seldom met with. Remak in his well known monograph has ..."
3. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"There is a generalized type of neuritis which of and by itself constitutes a
fairly definite syndrome. This is so-called multiple neuritis, or polyneuritis. ..."
4. Diseases of the Nervous System by Archibald Church, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"Nystagmus has several times been observed in polyneuritis., usually o? alcoholic
origin. The condition of the internal ocular muscles is most important in ..."
5. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"... IX THE DIETARY DEFICIENCY DISEASES (Continued) Beri-beri and polyneuritis 214.
The Antiquity of Beri-Beri.—Beri-beri is a disease of great antiquity, ..."
6. Text-book of otology for physicians and students by Friedrich von Bezold, Fr Siebenmann (1908)
"This disease belongs to the large class of polyneuritis, as it attacks both auditory
... polyneuritis acustica of consumptives is the best known of all ..."
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