neuritis

English Thesaurus

1. inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function (noun.state)

hypernym	:	inflammation, redness, rubor,
definition	:	a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat (noun.state)

hyponym	:	multiple neuritis, polyneuritis,
definition	:	inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) (noun.state)

hyponym	:	retrobulbar neuritis,
definition	:	inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye; common in multiple sclerosis (noun.state)