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neuropathy

/ˌnjuːˈrɒ.pə.θiː/

neuropathy noun: any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.

Noun

neuropathy (countable and uncountable, plural neuropathies)

  1. Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
    • Long-standing diabetes often causes neuropathy in the retinas, fingertips, and toes.
  2. Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
    • the contribution of central neuropathy on postural impairment observed in diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy
    • insights into the underlying molecular pathogenesis of diabetes-induced CNS neuropathy

neuropathy meaning in Tamil

neuropathy in Tamil

நரம்புக் கோளாறு, நரம்பு இயக்கக் கோளாறு, நரம்பு இயக்கத் தடை

Examples of neuropathy in a sentence

  • The view that Navajo neuropathy was purely inherited continued to have its adherents.
  • Impaired microcirculatory perfusion appears to be crucial to the pathogenesis of both neuropathy and retinopathy in diabetics.
  • Arteritic and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy both manifest as sudden visual loss associated with optic disc edema.

All 11 example sentences with neuropathy

Forms of neuropathy

pluralneuropathies

Plural of neuropathy: neuropathies

Origin of neuropathy

From neuro- + -pathy.

Words formed from neuropathy

Questions about neuropathy

What does neuropathy mean?
Neuropathy means any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
What is neuropathy in Tamil?
Neuropathy in Tamil is நரம்புக் கோளாறு, நரம்பு இயக்கக் கோளாறு, நரம்பு இயக்கத் தடை. See Neuropathy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neuropathy?
Neuropathy is a noun.
How do you pronounce neuropathy?
Neuropathy is pronounced /ˌnjuːˈrɒ.pə.θiː/.
What is the plural of neuropathy?
The plural of neuropathy is neuropathies.

Words near neuropathy in the dictionary

  1. neuropathophysiological
  2. neuropathophysiology
  3. neuropaths
  4. neuropathway
  5. neuropathways
  6. neuropathy
  7. neuropatterning
  8. neuropedagogy
  9. neuropediatric
  10. neuropediatrician
  11. neuropediatricians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neuropathy (page history and authors); neuropathy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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