neuropathy
IPA: nˈʊroʊpæθi
noun
- (medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
- (medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
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Examples of "neuropathy" in Sentences
- Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
- Progressive inflammatory neuropathy.
- Gluten sensitive neuropathy controversy.
- Organophosphate induced delayed neuropathy.
- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy.
- Effects of methylcobalamin on diabetic neuropathy.
- Compensatory hyperhidrosis is a form of neuropathy.
- Small fiber peripheral neuropathy is a type of neuropathy.
- Diabetic neuropathy is the commonest cause of this pattern.
- The mechanisms of diabetic neuropathy are poorly understood.
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