Polyneuritis

Word POLYNEURITIS
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Definitions and meanings of "Polyneuritis"

What do we mean by polyneuritis?

Inflammation of several nerves at one time, marked by paralysis, pain, and muscle wasting. noun

Neuritis affecting a number of nerves; multiple neuritis. noun

Inflammation of multiple nerves; multiple neuritis noun

Inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) noun

Inflammation of multiple nerves; multiple neuritis

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The word "polyneuritis" in example sentences

This set of symptoms he called polyneuritis and this term is now commonly used to signify a beri-beri in experimental animals. ❋ Walter H. Eddy (N/A)

Once we arrived at the permanent camp I developed diphtheria, which as a result of malnutrition turned into polyneuritis, which is total paralysis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We have already referred to this discovery, viz., that by feeding polished rice to fowls or pigeons they could be made to develop a polyneuritis which is identical in symptoms and in response to the curative action of vitamine, to the beri-beri disease. ❋ Walter H. Eddy (N/A)

Look at "Nervous Systems" which reads "Encephalitis; encephalopathy; measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE) (see CONTRAINDICATIONS); subacute scloerosing panencephalitis (SSPE); Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); febrile convulsions; afebrile convulsions or seizures; ataxia; polyneuritis; polyneuropathy; ocular palsies; paresthesia." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some of the chicks that he was using developed a characteristic leg weakness (polyneuritis), but only, he discovered, when they were being fed on cooked white rice left over from the hospitalized soldiers 'meals. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He first confirmed Eijkman's main results and then found that chickens fed just on autoclaved meat would also develop polyneuritis that could be prevented by adding either rice polishings or beans to their diet. ❋ Unknown (2004)

There are fewer cases of polyneuritis .... [pauses] more polyneuritis and fewer optic neuritis cases. ❋ Unknown (1993)

To avoid polyneuritis, give vitamin B6 with this treatment: 10 to 25 mg/d. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Since then he has been deprived of adequate medical assistance and continues to suffer from polyneuritis — a condition which requires physical therapy and makes it necessary for him to use a wheel-chair. ❋ Ripoll, Carlos (1980)

Winkler immediately established that the disease was essentially a form of polyneuritis (more accurately: multiple neuratrophy), a finding which agreed with results obtained by Bälz and von ❋ Unknown (1965)

It was found for certain that the polyneuritis was due to the diet of cooked rice. ❋ Unknown (1965)

Concentrated extracts of these have also been prepared and these likewise have a pronounced curative action both against polyneuritis in birds and against beriberi. ❋ Unknown (1965)

With this substance they conducted experiments in preventive feeding with rice birds and pigeons, and they found that an addition of 2 mg per 1 kg polished rice, i.e. in the ratio of 1: 500,000, is sufficient to give protection against polyneuritis. ❋ Unknown (1965)

This disappointment could, of course, not prevent me from testing whether and to what extent the discovery which had been made as a result of the study of polyneuritis in birds could be used in the fight against human beriberi, although at that time there was still reason enough to doubt the identity of the two diseases. ❋ Unknown (1965)

As I was concerned with the maintenance of growth in the animal, the tests applied to successive products of a fractionation took much longer than those which could be used in studying the cure of polyneuritis in birds by what we have learned to call vitamin B, so the work occupied much time. ❋ Unknown (1965)

Arthritis, cancer, dietary deficiencies, the part played by diet (vitamin B deficiency) in the production of so-called alcoholic polyneuritis and the social aspects of disease were among the subjects of his papers. ❋ Unknown (1965)

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