neuritis

(nu-ri'(re')tis) [G. neuron, nerve, Inflammation of a. nerve, marked by neuralgia, hyperesthesia, anesthesia, or parasthesia, paralysis, muscular atrophy in the region supplied by the affected nerve, and by abolition of the reflexes. adventitial n. (ad-ven-tish'al), inflammation of the sheath of a nerve, ascend'ing n., inflammation progre ing upward along a nerve-trunk in a direction away from the periphery, ax'ial u., parenchymatous n. degenera'tion n., n. accompanied by rapid degeneration of the nerve. descend'ing n., inflammation progre ing downward along a nerve-trunk in a direction toward the periphery, di em'inated a., segmental u. central n., parenchymatous n. endem'ic n., beriberi. Fallo'pian n., a perineuritis of the