neuritis
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English
Etymology
Noun
neuritis (countable and uncountable, plural neuritides or neuritises)
- (neurology, pathology) Inflammation of one or more nerves.
- 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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Translations
inflammation of nerves
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
neuritis f (invariable)
Further reading
- “neuritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
neuritis f (plural neuritis)
Further reading
- “neuritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014