Nerves · Nervous System · Medium
Plexopathy
Meaning: Damage to a network of nerves such as the brachial or lumbosacral network, causing patchy weakness and sensory loss.
In practice: After the motorbike crash he developed a brachial plexopathy with a flail arm.
Word parts
- -pathy means disease or disorder
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