NEUROPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuropathy mean? 

• NEUROPATHY (noun)
  The noun NEUROPATHY has 1 sense:

1. any pathology of the peripheral nerves

  Familiarity information: NEUROPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any pathology of the peripheral nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("neuropathy" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

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

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant)

mononeuropathy (any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk)

multiple mononeuropathy (pathology of several individual nerve trunks)

 Context examples 

The RAGE gene is associated with a number of neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease, familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, and vasculitic neuropathy.

(MOK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropathy may be caused by cancer or cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy.

(Neuropathy, NCI Dictionary)

It is being studied in the prevention of peripheral neuropathy caused by some chemotherapy drugs.

(Lamotrigine, NCI Dictionary)

Because KSP is not involved in postmitotic processes, such as neuronal transport, this agent does not cause the peripheral neuropathy that is often associated with tubulin-targeting agents.

(KSP Inhibitor ARRY-520, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with giant axonal neuropathy.

(GAN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Because KSP is not involved in nonmitotic processes, such as neuronal transport, ispinesib may be less likely to cause the peripheral neuropathy often associated with the tubulin-targeting agents.

(Ispinesib, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 5.

(NGF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Acquired causes include ischemia, optic nerve neuropathy, glaucoma, trauma, radiation, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis.

(Optic Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include peripheral vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, and nerve damage.

(Paresthesia, NCI Thesaurus)

Peripheral neuropathy may be caused by cancer or cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy.

(Peripheral neuropathy, NCI Dictionary)