radiculitis Path.
(rædɪkjʊˈlaɪtɪs)
[ad. F. radiculite, f. radicule radicle (f. L. rādīcula, dim. of rādix root): see -itis.]
Inflammation of the root of a spinal nerve.
| 1907 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Oct. 1227/2 (heading) Radiculitis. 1940 S. A. K. Wilson Neurol. xiii. 260 For self-evident anatomical reasons, radiculitis can scarcely occur by itself. Ibid. 261 Radiculitis and ‘spinal neuritis’ will not here be distinguished. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 19 July 12/2 Her physicians testified that she had suffered from severe cervical sprain and cervical radiculitis since the accident. |