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neuritis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of one or more nerves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, sciences

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: polyneuritis, multiple neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis

History

Etymology

From neur- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: възпаление на нерв (vǎzpalenie na nerv) — inflammation of nerves
  • Catalan: neuritis — inflammation of nerves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神經炎 /神经炎 (shénjīngyán) — inflammation of nerves
  • Czech: neuritida — inflammation of nerves
  • Dutch: neuritis — inflammation of nerves
  • Finnish: hermotulehdus — inflammation of nerves
  • Finnish: neuriitti — inflammation of nerves
  • Finnish: neuritis — inflammation of nerves
  • Galician: neurite — inflammation of nerves
  • Hungarian: ideggyulladás — inflammation of nerves
  • Ido: nevrito — inflammation of nerves
  • Japanese: 神経炎 (shinkeien) — inflammation of nerves
  • Russian: неври́т (nevrít) — inflammation of nerves
  • Spanish: neuritis — inflammation of nerves