Definitions for neuritis

neuritis neu·ri·tis

Spelling: [noo-rahy-tis, nyoo-]
IPA: /nʊˈraɪ tɪs, nyʊ-/

Neuritis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in neuritis (eiinrstu).

Definitions for neuritis

noun

  1. inflammation of a nerve.
  2. continuous pain in a nerve, associated with paralysis and sensory disturbances.

Origin of neuritis

First recorded in 1830-40; neur- + -itis

Examples for neuritis

"You have neuritis when you catch cold in the wind, and you know it," he told her.

The patient suffers severely from neuritis, and there may be early loss of patellar reflex.

The diagnosis is rendered more difficult, as at times scurvy is associated with signs of neuritis.

neuritis is a form of rheumatism or gout which involves the nerves.

Left darling Mother in a very weak state in bed, with neuritis and a weak heart.

I have neuritis, an' have been unable to work any fer a year and fer seven years I couldn't do much.

The eye is healthy —no neuritis—but the adjustment muscles have been thrown out of gear by the nervous troubles of last spring.

Alas for the power of elderly ladies to keep off neuritis by defiance!

All this strain was not for nothing, and at the end of the year we find him suffering from erysipelas and neuritis.

neuritis and sclerotic lesions of the nerve-centres are not uncommon in the history of acquired and inherited gout.

Word Value for neuritis
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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