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What is the noun for arachnoiditis?

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arachnoid
  1. (biology) An arachnid
  2. (physiology) The arachnoid mater, the middle layer of the meninges, the three membranes that protect the brain
  3. (astronomy) A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus
  4. Synonyms:
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.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Central nervous system tuberculosis includes tuberculous meningitis, intracranial tuberculomas, and spinal tuberculous arachnoiditis.”
      “Doctors found he had arachnoiditis and a serious syrinx in his spinal cord as a result of his TB Meningitis.”
      “Optochiasmal arachnoiditis is well known complication of AComA cases.”
arachnophobia
  1. An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids (especially spiders).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “My arachnophobia makes it nearly impossible for me to enter a room if even the tiniest spider is present.”
      “The costume was enough to send a person with arachnophobia into fits with its spiderweb and small spiders.”
      “There are also informative sections about insects on money, arachnophobia and a gallery of insect-related art.”
arachnid
  1. Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The 400-million-year-old fossil organ belongs to a harvestman or daddy longlegs, a non-web-spinning arachnid, related to mites and ticks.”
      “It is dark brown, with short hair bristling off eight legs that support its arachnid body.”
      “Other containers house giant cockroaches and itty-bitty arachnid hatchlings, a few months old and smaller than a pinky nail.”
arachnologist
  1. One who is engaged in arachnology, the study of spiders.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I should say, incidentally, that I'm an amateur entomologist — or, more specifically, arachnologist — and that scorpions are my specialty.”
      “Despite their negative reputation, brown recluse spiders get blamed for crimes they did not commit, says an arachnologist who is doing his best to set the record straight.”
      “Edward Milner, an arachnologist studied and counted new species of spiders in the Colne Valley area around Heathrow.”
arachnitis
  1. Alternative form of arachnoiditis
arachnology
  1. The study of the Arachnida.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She specialized in arachnology and was on a weeklong spider-hunting trip through the Southwest.”
      “Graham Milledge, the manager of the Australian Museum's arachnology collection, said it was unusual, but not unheard of, for spiders to target vertebrates.”
      “The mother's midgut had already started breaking down while she guarded the eggs, Salomon and her colleagues report in the April Journal of Arachnology.”
arachniphobia
  1. Alternative form of arachnophobia
arachnicide
  1. A substance that kills arachnids.
arachnophobe
  1. A person who fears spiders.
arachnophobias
arachnologists
  1. plural of arachnologist
arachnophobes
  1. plural of arachnophobe
  2. Examples:
    1. “Starched hair, high blood pressure blusher and the kind of lashes that give arachnophobes the heebie-jeebies.”
arachnicides
  1. plural of arachnicide
arachnoids
arachnids
  1. plural of arachnid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Among the 11 extant orders of arachnids, Araneae and Acari are by far the most species rich.”
      “It is typical of vertebrates but rare among invertebrates, being seen in a few molluscs and arachnids.”
      “There will be some books on spotting bird species, and, if abroad, a rather worrying one on identifying poisonous insects and arachnids.”
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