NERVE COMPRESSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nerve compression" is a kind of...):

nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve compression"):

nerve entrapment (repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling))

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