polyneuritis

American  

[pol-ee-noo-rahy-tis, -nyoo-] / ˌpɒl i nʊˈraɪ tɪs, -nyʊ- /

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.

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polyneuritis British  

/ ˌpɒlɪnjʊˈraɪtɪs /

noun

1. inflammation of many nerves at the same time

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Other Word Forms

• polyneuritic adjective

Etymology

Origin of polyneuritis

First recorded in 1885–90; poly- + neuritis

Example Sentences

This set of symptoms he called polyneuritis and this term is now commonly used to signify a beri-beri in experimental animals.

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I had been studying him and trying to recall what I had just read of beriberi and polyneuritis.

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These birds developed polyneuritis and were cured by adding to the diet plenty of polished rice.

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CHICK, H., AND HUME, E. M.: The distribution in wheat, rice and maize grains of the substance the deficiency of which in a diet causes polyneuritis in birds and beri-beri in man.

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CHICK, H., AND HUME, E. M.: The effect of exposures to temperatures at or above 100° C. upon the substance whose deficiency in the diet causes polyneuritis in birds and beri-beri in man.

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