retrobulbar neuritis
retrobulbar neuritis (optic neuritis) (ret-roh-bulb-er) n. inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye, causing increasingly blurred vision. Retrobulbar neuritis is one of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis but it can also occur as an isolated lesion.
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