polyneuritis
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- polyneuritic adjective
Etymology
Origin of polyneuritis
Example Sentences
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When the pigeons got the coating they thrived; when they did not they suffered from polyneuritis.
From Time Magazine Archive
In every case where the vitamin intake was sufficient there was no polyneuritis.
From Time Magazine Archive
He observed too that fowls suffered from an analogous polyneuritis and were feeding largely on polished rice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
COOPER, E. A.: The preparation from the animal tissues of a substance which cures polyneuritis induced in birds by diets of polished rice.
From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.
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