polyneuritis (redirected from postinfectious polyneuritis)

pol·y·neu·ri·tis  (pl-n-rts, -ny-)

n.

See multiple neuritis.

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poly·neu·ritic (-rtk) adj.

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polyneuritis

neuritis that affects several or many nerves.

See also: Nerves

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polyneuritis - inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) multiple neuritis neuritis - inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function Guillain-Barre syndrome, infectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysis - a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown