Polyneuritis (Noun)
Meaning
Inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Leprosy causes a variety of peripheral neuropathies including polyneuritis in affected individuals.
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome, an acute inflammatory polyneuritis affecting multiple limbs.
- It has been well established that an immunologic cause for chronic polyneuritis in the peripheral nervous system exists.
- In many cases of polyneuritis, specific symptoms can include painful muscular spasms as well as damage to certain areas of the skin.
- Sufferers of pernicious anemia may also develop polyneuritis as the vitamin deficiency impacts certain neural processes.