Definition of "neuritis" []

• Inflammation of a nerve or group of nerves, characterized by pain, loss of reflexes, and atrophy of the affected muscles. (noun)

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• "Optic neuritis is caused by inflammation of the optic nerve, which is located between the back of the eye and the brain."
• "Optic neuritis is diagnosed by clinical presentation as well as visualization of the optic disc using an ophthalmoscope."
• "She left Mrs. Irwin nothing to do but to put on an air of refined resignation, of having neuralgia, which she now called neuritis, because Madeline had annoyed her so much, and of behaving, when Madeline sat with her, as much as possible like a person who was somewhere else."