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1. Inflammation of a nerve. 2. SYN: neuropathy. [neuri- + G. -itis, inflammation]

- adventitial n. inflammation of the sheath of a nerve. SEE ALSO: perineuritis.

- ascending n. inflammation progressing upward along a nerve trunk in a direction away from the periphery.

- axial n. SYN: parenchymatous n..

- brachial n. SYN: neuralgic amyotrophy.

- central n. SYN: parenchymatous n..

- descending n. inflammation progressing along a nerve trunk toward the periphery.

- Eichhorst n. SYN: interstitial n..

- endemic n. SYN: beriberi.

- fallopian n. SYN: facial paralysis.

- interstitial n. inflammation of the connective tissue framework of a nerve. SYN: Eichhorst n..

- intraocular n. inflammation of the retinal portion of the optic nerve.

- Leyden n. fatty degeneration of the fibers of the affected nerve.

- multiple n. SYN: polyneuropathy.

- occipital n. posttraumatic neck syndrome.

- optic n. inflammation of the optic nerve. SEE ALSO: neuromyelitis optica, retrobulbar n., papillitis.

- parenchymatous n. inflammation of the nervous substance proper, the axons, and myelin. SYN: axial n., central n..

- retrobulbar n. optic n. without swelling of the optic disk.

- sciatic n. SYN: sciatica.

- segmental n. 1. inflammation occurring at several points along the course of a nerve; 2. segmental demyelinating neuropathy

- suboccipital n. posttraumatic neck syndrome.

- toxic n. n. caused by an endogenous or exogenous toxin.

- traumatic n. nerve lesion following an injury.

neu·ri·tis n(y)u̇-'rīt-əs n, pl -rit·i·des -'rit-ə-.dēz or -ri·tis·es an inflammatory or degenerative lesion of a nerve marked esp. by pain, sensory disturbances, and impaired or lost reflexes compare NEURALGIA

neu·rit·ic -'rit-ik adj

a disease of the peripheral nerves showing the pathological changes of inflammation. The term is also used in a less precise sense as an alternative to neuropathy. See also retrobulbar neuritis.