neuropathy

[ noo-rop-uh-thee, nyoo- ]

noun

1. any diseased condition of the nervous system.

neuropathy

/ ˌnjʊərəʊˈpæθɪk; njʊˈrɒpəθɪ /

noun

1. disease of the nervous system

Derived Forms

• ˌneuroˈpathically, adverb
• neuropathic, adjective

Other Words From

• neu·ro·path·ic [n, oo, r-, uh, -, path, -ik, ny, oo, r-], adjective
• neuro·pathi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of neuropathy¹

First recorded in 1855–60; neuro- + -pathy

Example Sentences

She suffered nerve damage in her hands and feet, a condition known as neuropathy, from which she still suffers today.

From Time

However, the research generally points toward positive results between massage and reduced neuropathy pain.

From Popular-Science

Neuropathy is nerve damage that causes numbness and tingling in the feet and other places in the body.

From Popular-Science

If there’s pain or too much heat, neuropathy may prevent the person from feeling it and making the proper adjustments.

From Popular-Science

In consequence, “sexual storms” result in neuropaths, whether the neuropathy be inherited or acquired.

From Project Gutenberg

Neuropathy and an unsound, nervous organisation are often enough legacies from the nervous disorders of childhood.

From Project Gutenberg

This is how he states his theory of onanism as an exciting cause of inherited neuropathy, resulting in sexual inversion.

From Project Gutenberg

There he will find the very beginnings of things, the growing point, as it were, of all neuropathy.

From Project Gutenberg