NERVE ENTRAPMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nerve entrapment mean? 

• NERVE ENTRAPMENT (noun)
  The noun NERVE ENTRAPMENT has 1 sense:

1. repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)

  Familiarity information: NERVE ENTRAPMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVE ENTRAPMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nerve entrapment" is a kind of...):

nerve compression (harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness)

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

carpal tunnel syndrome (a painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel; characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness)