Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.
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Neuritis
Synonyms for "neuritis" (164 found)
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colitiscollagen diseaseconjunctivitiscystitisdegenerative arthritisdiffuse inflammationemotional disorderencephalitisendocarditisenteritisepilepsyequine encephalomyelitisexudative inflammationfalling sicknessfibroid inflammationfocal inflammationgastritisgingivitisglossitisglossopharyngeal neuralgia
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gonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritisgonorrheal rheumatismgoutgouty arthritisheadachehemophilic arthritishepatitisherpes zosterhyperplastic inflammationhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationinfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinflammationirritable bowel syndromeischialgialaryngitislumbagolumbar rheumatismmastoiditismeningitismenopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritismigrainemilk legmsmucous colitis
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multiple sclerosismumps meningitismyelitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisnervous disorderneuralgianeuropathyobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisorganic psychosisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritispalsy
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paradental pyorrheapenitispericarditisperiodontitisperitonitispharyngitisphlebitispodagrapolyneuritispressure neuropathypriapismproliferative arthritisprostatitispyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisradiculitisreactive inflammationrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitissciatic neuritissciaticasclerosing inflammationseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitisshaking palsyshinglessimple inflammationsinusitisspastic colonspastic paralysisspecific inflammationsubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationsyphilitic arthritistennis elbowtestitisthe jerksthrombophlebitistic douloureuxtonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtoxic psychosistraumatic inflammationtuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismulcerative colitisuratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvaginitisvertebral arthritisvisceral rheumatismvulvitiswryneck
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14 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- възпаление на нерв noun (inflammation of nerves)
Catalan
1 entries- neuritis noun (inflammation of nerves)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 神經炎 /神经炎 noun (inflammation of nerves)
Czech
1 entries- neuritida noun (inflammation of nerves)
Dutch
1 entries- neuritis noun (inflammation of nerves)
Finnish
3 entries- hermotulehdus noun (inflammation of nerves)
- neuriitti noun (inflammation of nerves)
- neuritis noun (inflammation of nerves)
Galician
1 entries- neurite noun (inflammation of nerves)
Hungarian
1 entries- ideggyulladás noun (inflammation of nerves)
Ido
1 entries- nevrito noun (inflammation of nerves)
Japanese
1 entries- 神経炎 noun (inflammation of nerves)
Russian
1 entries- неври́т noun (inflammation of nerves)
Spanish
1 entries- neuritis noun (inflammation of nerves)
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