peripheral neuropathy
peripheral neuropathy
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
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1938
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