polyneuritis
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- polyneuritic adjective
Etymology
Origin of polyneuritis
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the pigeons got the coating they thrived; when they did not they suffered from 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
I had been studying him and trying to recall what I had just read of beriberi and polyneuritis.
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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