Adjective modifier

• optic: Optic neuritis, or inflammation of the optic nerve, is often the first symptom of MS for many people.

• peripheral: Alcoholism hindered Hilton's output; he was confined to bed by illness ( he suffered peripheral neuritis ) from 1972.

• ulnar: Median Neuritis at the elbow is much less common than ulnar neuritis.

• alcoholic: The first of these concerned a medical condition known as ' alcoholic neuritis ' .

Modifies a noun

• inflammation: Not a phrase that is used much these days. neuritis Inflammation of a nerve.

Noun used with modifier

• optic: A randomized trial of intravenous immunoglobulin in inflammatory demyelinating optic neuritis.