neuritis

neuritis
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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  • neuritis — f. neurol. Inflamación o degeneración de un nervio a causa de una infección, una toxina o una enfermedad desmielinizantes. Las neuritis suelen traducirse en parálisis y/o dolores de las zonas afectadas. Medical Dictionary. 2011. neuritis …   Diccionario médico

  • neuritis — (plural neuritis) sustantivo femenino 1. Área: medicina Inflamación degenerativa de un nervio …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Neuritis — Neu*ri tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve + itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a nerve. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Neurītis — (Nervenentzündung), wohl nur die Nervenscheide betreffend u. selten bestimmt nachweisbar, bedingt durch andere Verletzung od. durch Theilnahme an benachbarten Entzündungen, vielleicht am häufigsten durch rheumatische Krankheitsprocesse veranlaßt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Neurītis — (griech.), s. Nervenentzündung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Neuritis — Neurītis (grch.), Nervenentzündung; neuritisch, von N. herrührend …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • neuritis — (n.) inflammation of a nerve or nerves, 1825, from Gk. neuron nerve (see NEURO (Cf. neuro )) + ITIS (Cf. itis). Related: Neuritic …   Etymology dictionary

  • neuritis — neurìtis m DEFINICIJA pat. upala koja ob. zahvaća više živaca u spletu i izaziva razne osjetne i druge smetnje ETIMOLOGIJA neur + itis …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • neuritis — (De neuro e itis). f. Med. Inflamación de un nervio y de sus ramificaciones, generalmente acompañada de dolor, atrofia muscular y otros fenómenos patológicos …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • neuritis — ► NOUN Medicine ▪ inflammation of a peripheral nerve or nerves …   English terms dictionary

  • neuritis — [noo rīt′əs, nyoorīt′əs] n. [ModL: see NEURO & ITIS] inflammation of a nerve or nerves, often associated with a degenerative process, and accompanied by changes in sensory and motor activity in the region of the affected nerve neuritic… …   English World dictionary

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