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neuritis

neuritis noun: inflammation of one or more nerves.

Noun

neuritis (countable and uncountable, plural neuritides or neuritises)

  1. Inflammation of one or more nerves.
    • Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.

neuritis meaning in Tamil and Bengali

neuritis in Tamil

நரம்பு வீக்கம், நரம்பு அழற்சி, நரம்பழற்சி, நரம்பு இயக்க இயல், நரம்பு பண்பு

neuritis in Bengali

স্নায়ুপ্রদাহ

Forms of neuritis

pluralneuritides
pluralneuritises

Origin of neuritis

From neur- + -itis.

Words formed from neuritis

Questions about neuritis

What does neuritis mean?
Neuritis means inflammation of one or more nerves.
What is neuritis in Tamil?
Neuritis in Tamil is நரம்பு வீக்கம், நரம்பு அழற்சி, நரம்பழற்சி. See Neuritis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neuritis?
Neuritis is a noun.
What is the plural of neuritis?
The plural of neuritis is neuritides.

Words near neuritis in the dictionary

  1. neurites
  2. neuritic
  3. neuritics
  4. neuritides
  5. neuritin
  6. neuritis
  7. neuritises
  8. neuritogenesis
  9. neuritogenic
  10. neuritotrophic
  11. neuro

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neuritis (page history and authors); neuritis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neuritis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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