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NERVE COMPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nerve compression mean? 

NERVE COMPRESSION (noun)
  The noun NERVE COMPRESSION has 1 sense:

1. harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weaknessplay

  Familiarity information: NERVE COMPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NERVE COMPRESSION (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))


 Context examples 


GLAUCOMA, ISCHEMIA, inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.

(Optic Atrophy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Still others are from nerve compression, like carpal tunnel syndrome or thoracic outlet syndrome.

(Peripheral Nerve Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)



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