neuropathy
Meanings
Plural: neuropathies
Noun
- any pathology of the peripheral nerves
- Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
- 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).
Origin / Etymology
From neuro- + -pathy.
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