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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 sclerosisplay

  Familiarity information: RETROBULBAR NEURITIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETROBULBAR NEURITIS (noun)


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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