neuropathy

/nəˈrɑpəθi/

/nəˈrɒpəθi/

Definitions of neuropathy

1. noun

   any pathology of the peripheral nerves
   types:

   Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy

   a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant

   mononeuropathy

   any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk

   multiple mononeuropathy

   pathology of several individual nerve trunks

   type of:

   pathology

   any deviation from a healthy or normal condition