| NOUN | state | polyneuritis, multiple neuritis | inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) |
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| Meaning | inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy). | |
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| Synonym | multiple neuritis | |
| Narrower | Guillain-Barre syndrome, infectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysis | A form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs |
| Broader | neuritis | inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function |
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