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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel; characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("carpal tunnel syndrome" is a kind of...):
nerve entrapment (repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling))
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