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Definitions for "Nerve Entrapment"
Keywords:  neuritis, carpal, impingement, encroachment, pathological
Related Terms: Pinched nerve, Nerve compression, Median nerve, Radiculopathy, Neuropathic pain, Neuralgia, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Trigeminal neuralgia, Subluxation, Neuropathy, Peripheral neuropathy, Myelitis, Neuritis, Tabes dorsalis, Syringomyelia, Neurodegenerative, Neurogenic, Myelopathy, Cordotomy, Arachnoiditis, Sympathectomy, Carpel tunnel syndrome, Transverse myelitis, Peripheral nerves, Polyneuropathy, Radiculitis, Autonomic dysreflexia, Neuro, Spinal cord, Nerves, Plaque, Neurogenic bladder, Rhizotomy, Multiple sclerosis, Spinal stenosis, Spinal cord injury, Ganglion, Dorsal root, Als, Herniated disc, Neurapraxia, Neuropathic, Sensory nerve, Spinal nerve, Neurogenic, Cauda equina syndrome, Meningocele, Cranial nerves, Central nervous system
Pathological pressure on, or restriction of movement of, a nerve, causing intermittent or continuous malfunction.
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A region of mechanical neuritis in which the nerve is maintained in an irritated state by external pressure created by encroachment or impingement from a nearby anatomical structure; for example, pressure on the median nerve by swollen tendons and their sheaths in the carpal tunnel lead to the carpal tunnel syndrome.
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repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)
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