neuritis

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noun

Inflammation of one or more nerves.

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

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Meanings

nounneuritis (countable and uncountable, plural neuritides or neuritises)

plural neuritides · plural neuritises

  1. countableuncountablemedicineInflammation of one or more nerves.

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

Origin

From neur- + -itis.

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Translations

Bulgarian възпаление на нерв
  • възпаление на нерв (văzpalenie na nerv)inflammation of nerves
Catalan neuritis
  • neuritisinflammation of nerves
Chinese Mandarin 神經炎 /神经炎
  • 神經炎 /神经炎 (shénjīngyán)inflammation of nerves
Czech neuritida
  • neuritidainflammation of nerves
Dutch neuritis
  • neuritisinflammation of nerves
Finnish hermotulehdus, neuriitti
  • hermotulehdusinflammation of nerves
  • neuriittiinflammation of nerves
  • neuritisinflammation of nerves
Hungarian ideggyulladás
  • ideggyulladásinflammation of nerves
Japanese 神経炎
  • 神経炎 (shinkeien)inflammation of nerves
Russian неври́т
  • неври́т (nevrít)inflammation of nerves
Spanish neuritis
  • neuritisinflammation of nerves

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

neuritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuritis

MLA

“neuritis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuritis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuritis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuritis.

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