different between neuritis vs neuralgia

English

Etymology

neuro- +? -itis

Noun

neuritis (countable and uncountable, plural neuritides or neuritises)

1. (neurology, pathology) Inflammation of one or more nerves.

   Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.

Derived terms

Related terms

• neurological
• neurologist
• neurology
• neuronitis

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

neuro- +? -itis

Noun

neuritis f (plural neuritis)

1. (pathology) neuritis

Further reading

• “neuritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

neuro- +? -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neu??itis/, [neu???i.t?is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: neu?ri?tis

Noun

neuritis f (plural neuritis)

1. (pathology) neuritis

Further reading

• “neuritis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”) + ????? (álgos, “pain”); synchronically, neur- +? -algia.

Noun

neuralgia (countable and uncountable, plural neuralgias)

1. (pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

Synonyms

• neuralgy
• neurodynia

Hyponyms

• sciatica

Derived terms

• neuralgic

Translations

See also

• neuritis

Further reading

• neuralgia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• neuralgia in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• neuralgia at OneLook Dictionary Search

Finnish

Noun

neuralgia

1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From English neuralgia, from New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”) + ????? (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??wral.??ja/

Noun

neuralgia f

1. (neurology, pathology) neuralgia (severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve)

   Synonyms: nerwoból, newralgia

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) neuralgiczny

Related terms

• (adverb) neuralgicznie

Further reading

• neuralgia in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• neuralgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

1. Alternative form of nevralgia

Spanish

Etymology

From neuro- +? -algia.

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Derived terms

• neurálgico