polyneuropathy
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- noun
- /ˌpɒliˈnjʊərəpəθi/
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polineuropatía
- The neurologist explained that polyneuropathy often results from diabetes affecting the peripheral nerves.
- organophosphate-induced polyneuropathy
- induced polyneuropathy
- delayed polyneuropathy
Because of these many different functions, as you'll see, polyneuropathy can have different medical causes and cause different symptoms.
- Because of these many different functions, as you'll see, polyneuropathy can have different medical causes and cause different symptoms.
Examples
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Many patients with polyneuropathy experience numbness and weakness in their limbs.
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Also, a syndrome called delayed neuropathic syndrome has been defined for those poisoned by organophosphates (organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy or OPIDP).
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Another important point is the average age of the victims suffering from polyneuropathy compared to those not suffering from this problem.
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Because of these many different functions, as you'll see, polyneuropathy can have different medical causes and cause different symptoms.
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In other words, the absence of polyneuropathy does not necessarily mean that the effect of chemical war agents can be disregarded.
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Most cases in European and North American populations involve acute, inflammatory, demyelinating polyneuropathy.
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The first time I went to the hospital for what was eventually diagnosed as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, a progressive autoimmune disease.
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Organophosphate agents cause a delayed neuropathy, which is called organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy (OPIDP).
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After months of testing, she was diagnosed with polyneuropathy, which was causing her chronic pain.
How Many Nerves
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Morphology
polyneuropathy = neuropathy (semi-transparent) = poly + neuro + pathy
The word is formed by adding poly- ('many') to the already established medical term neuropathy.
Etymology
The word polyneuropathy breaks into three parts: poly- 'many', neuro- 'nerve', and -pathy 'disease' or 'suffering', the same parts you see in words like neurology and sympathy. So polyneuropathy means a disease that affects 'many' 'nerves', which explains why it refers to damage to many nerves at the same time.