CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel; characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("carpal tunnel syndrome" is a kind of...):

nerve entrapment (repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling))

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