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neuropathic pain

neuropathic pain noun: pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord.

Noun

neuropathic pain (countable and uncountable, plural neuropathic pains)

  1. Pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord.
    • All of the neuropathic pain was back in her hands, a continuous sparkling flare, like being pricked by glass splinters.2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 343

Forms of neuropathic pain

pluralneuropathic pains

Questions about neuropathic pain

What does neuropathic pain mean?
Neuropathic pain means pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord.
What part of speech is neuropathic pain?
Neuropathic pain is a noun.
What is the plural of neuropathic pain?
The plural of neuropathic pain is neuropathic pains.

Words near neuropathic pain in the dictionary

  1. neuroparsin
  2. neuroparsins
  3. neuropath
  4. neuropathetic
  5. neuropathic
  6. neuropathic pain
  7. neuropathic pains
  8. neuropathical
  9. neuropathically
  10. neuropathics
  11. neuropathies

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