arachnoiditis

English

Alternative forms

• arachnitis

Etymology

Etymology tree

English arachnoid

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.

New Latin -itisder.

English -itis

English arachnoiditis

From arachnoid + -itis.

Noun

arachnoiditis

1. (pathology) A neuropathic disease caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the spinal cord.

Translations

inflammation of the arachnoid

• French: arachnoïditis (fr) f
• Polish: zlepne zapalenie pajęczynówki n
• Portuguese: aracnoidite f