Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of several nerves at one time, marked by paralysis, pain, and muscle wasting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Neuritis affecting a number of nerves; multiple neuritis.
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- noun
inflammation of multiplenerves ; multiple neuritis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)
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Examples
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This set of symptoms he called polyneuritis and this term is now commonly used to signify a beri-beri in experimental animals.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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Once we arrived at the permanent camp I developed diphtheria, which as a result of malnutrition turned into polyneuritis, which is total paralysis.
Robert Cunliffe 2010
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We have already referred to this discovery, viz., that by feeding polished rice to fowls or pigeons they could be made to develop a polyneuritis which is identical in symptoms and in response to the curative action of vitamine, to the beri-beri disease.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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Look at "Nervous Systems" which reads "Encephalitis; encephalopathy; measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE) (see CONTRAINDICATIONS); subacute scloerosing panencephalitis (SSPE); Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); febrile convulsions; afebrile convulsions or seizures; ataxia; polyneuritis; polyneuropathy; ocular palsies; paresthesia."
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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He first confirmed Eijkman's main results and then found that chickens fed just on autoclaved meat would also develop polyneuritis that could be prevented by adding either rice polishings or beans to their diet.
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Some of the chicks that he was using developed a characteristic leg weakness (polyneuritis), but only, he discovered, when they were being fed on cooked white rice left over from the hospitalized soldiers 'meals.
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There are fewer cases of polyneuritis .... [pauses] more polyneuritis and fewer optic neuritis cases.
Castro Visits Hospitals To Check on Optic Neuritis Patients 1993
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There are fewer cases of polyneuritis .... [pauses] more polyneuritis and fewer optic neuritis cases.
Castro Visits Hospitals To Check on Optic Neuritis Patients 1993
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There are fewer cases of polyneuritis .... [pauses] more polyneuritis and fewer optic neuritis cases.
Castro Visits Hospitals To Check on Optic Neuritis Patients 1993
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There are fewer cases of polyneuritis .... [pauses] more polyneuritis and fewer optic neuritis cases.
Castro Visits Hospitals To Check on Optic Neuritis Patients 1993
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