neuritis
- n inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function
- Among them: cyclist's pudendal neuritis (genital numbness from marathon bike rides on poorly padded seats), water-skier's enema (the result of high-speed falls in a sitting .
- Iproniazid was soon retired from widespread use because it produced undesirable side effects, such as dizziness, constipation, difficulty in urination, and neuritis.
- Doctors thought that they had evidence that waters so treated would cure chronic arthritis, gout, neuritis, high blood pressure.