polyneuritis

Definitions of polyneuritis
  1. noun
    inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)
    synonyms: multiple neuritis
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    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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