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RETROBULBAR NEURITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does retrobulbar neuritis mean?
• RETROBULBAR NEURITIS (noun)
The noun RETROBULBAR NEURITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye; common in multiple sclerosis
Familiarity information: RETROBULBAR NEURITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye; common in multiple sclerosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("retrobulbar neuritis" is a kind of...):
neuritis (inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function)
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