Neuritis

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function wordnet

Etymology

From neur- + -itis.

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