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NEUROPATHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any pathology of the peripheral nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("neuropathy" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

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

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)

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 Context examples: 

A sensory neuropathy caused by the effects of a distant neoplasm (usually a small cell carcinoma).

(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A diffuse or multifocal peripheral neuropathy related to the remote effects of a neoplasm, most often carcinoma or lymphoma.

(Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A diffuse or multifocal peripheral neuropathy caused by the effects of a distant neoplasm.

(Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare inherited neuropathy characterized by deposition of amyloid in the peripheral nerves.

(Familial Amyloid Neuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Because KSP is not involved in postmitotic processes, such as neuronal transport, AZD4877 may be less likely to cause the peripheral neuropathy often associated with the tubulin-targeting agents.

(KSP Inhibitor AZD4877, NCI Thesaurus)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the Michigan neuropathy screening instrument (MNSI) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire MNSI Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat depression and peripheral neuropathy (pain, numbness, tingling, burning, or weakness in the hands or feet) that can occur with diabetes.

(Cymbalta, NCI Dictionary)

This damage is called diabetic neuropathy.

(Diabetic Nerve Problems, NIH)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the Michigan neuropathy screening instrument (MNSI) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire MNSI Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance being studied in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy (pain, numbness, tingling, burning, or weakness in the hands or feet) caused by chemotherapy.

(Baclofen/amitriptyline/ketamine gel, NCI Dictionary)