neuropathy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).

Synonyms

chorea

neuritis

nervous system disorder

brain diseases

cerebrocortical necrosis

demyelination

myeloencephalitis

myeloencephalopathy

myelomalacia

nervous system diseases

neurological diseases

spinal cord diseases

nervous disease

neurologic disease

Translations

neuropatia

neuropatía

neuropathie

neuropatia

Neuropathie

Nervenleiden

névropathie

neuropathie

νευροπάθεια

Rückenmarkskrankheit

Neuropathy

Myelönzephalopathie

Zerebrokortikalnekrose

Neuritis

Etymology

From neuro- + -pathy.