What does "neuritis" mean?

Inflammation of one or more nerves.

Neuritis

Common synonyms include: adenoiditis, adrenitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, appendicitis, arteritis, arthritis.

noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
Inflammation of one or more nerves. countable, uncountable
"Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision."
2
inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function wordnet

"Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision."

From neur- + -itis.