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单词 polyneuritis
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polyneuritisn.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪnjᵿˈrʌɪtᵻs/, /ˌpɒlɪnjʊəˈrʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑlin(j)uˈraɪdᵻs/, /ˈˌpɑlin(j)əˈraɪdᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poly- comb. form, neuritis n.
Etymology: < poly- comb. form + neuritis n. Compare German Polyneuritis (1885 or earlier), French polynévrite (1889 or earlier). With polyneuritic adj. at Derivatives compare German polyneuritisch (1888 or earlier), French polynevritique (1894 or earlier). Compare multiple neuritis n. at multiple n. and adj. Compounds 3.
Medicine.
A disorder affecting several or many nerves; (now) spec. polyneuropathy, esp. of inflammatory origin.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > inflammation of nerves
neuritis1840
perineuritis1871
peripheral neuritis1883
polyneuritis1886
myelino-neuritis1897
neuromyositis1899
radiculitis1907
Guillain–Barré syndrome1939
Guillain–Barré1986
1886 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. I. ii. 91 The term ‘multiple neuritis’, or ‘polyneuritis’, is applied to the condition in which many nerves are inflamed simultaneously or in rapid succession.
1924 Science 14 Nov. 442/1 The test for antineuritic activity was made by restricting a bird to a diet of polished rice until symptoms of polyneuritis developed.
1958 F. Walshe Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 9) xxi. 274 The clinical and pathological findings in polyneuritis indicate the long peripheral nerves as bearing the brunt of the disease process.
2000 Jrnl. Neurol. 247 343 Acute idiopathic polyneuritis is a heterogeneous disorder with a number of clearly established variants.

Derivatives

ˌpolyneuˈritic adj. of, relating to, or suffering from polyneuritis; affecting several or many nerves.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [adjective] > inflammation of nerves
neuritic1857
polyneuritic1891
1891 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 101 405 A group of cases described by Korsakoff as ‘psychic, toxæmic cerebropathy’, or ‘polyneuritic psychosis’ .
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 14/3 His results..show that brain tissue from polyneuritic pigeons..has in vitro a lower power of oxygen uptake.
1998 Internat. Jrnl. Leprosy 66 229 (title) Arsenic poisoning mimicking polyneuritic leprosy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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