nerve compression

Noun
  1. Harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences);
    Causes nerve damage and muscle weakness (synset 114132967)
    is a type of: nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system
    subtypes: nerve entrapment - repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)

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