ascending neuritis
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as·cend·ing neu·ri·tis
inflammation progressing upward along a nerve trunk in a direction away from the periphery.
ascending neuritis
Etymology: L, ascendere, to rise; Gk, neuron, nerve, itis, inflammation
a nerve inflammation that begins on the periphery and moves upward along a nerve trunk.
as·cend·ing neu·ri·tis
(ă-sending nūr-ītis)Inflammation progressing upward along a nerve trunk in a direction away from the periphery.
ascending neuritis
Neuritis moving upward along a nerve trunk away from the periphery.
See also: neuritis