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polyneuritis

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

noun

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


polyneuritis British  
/ ˌpɒlɪnjʊˈraɪtɪs /

noun

  1. inflammation of many nerves at the same time

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of polyneuritis

First recorded in 1885–90; poly- + neuritis


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That is Dr. Cushing's record of how polyneuritis ambulatoria crept upon him and crippled him be fore he, a nerve specialist, realized what was occurring.

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He observed too that fowls suffered from an analogous polyneuritis and were feeding largely on polished rice.

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In the 1890's the Dutch Government assigned Dr. Eijkman to study causes of beriberi, a polyneuritis which was afflicting Dutch subjects in Java.

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When the pigeons got the coating they thrived; when they did not they suffered from polyneuritis.

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Observations on the curative properties of honey, nectar and corn pollen in avian polyneuritis.

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