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polyneuritis

DEFINITIONS OF: polyneuritis

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n inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)

Synonyms:
multiple neuritis
Types:
Guillain-Barre syndrome, Landry's paralysis, infectious polyneuritis
a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown
Type of:
neuritis
inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function
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