peripheral neuropathy
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nounDefinition of PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
: a disease or degenerative state of the peripheral nerves in which motor, sensory, or vasomotor nerve fibers may be affected and which is marked by muscle weakness and atrophy, pain, and numbness
First Known Use of PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
1938
peripheral neuropathy
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
: a disease or degenerative state (as polyneuropathy) of the peripheral nerves in which motor, sensory, or vasomotor nerve fibers may be affected and which is marked by muscle weakness and atrophy, pain, and numbness
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