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mononeuropathy

mononeuropathy

9.6
A disease that damages one nerve outside the brain or spinal cord
  • noun
  • /ˌmɒnoʊnjʊˈrɒpəθi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mononeuropatía
  • The doctor diagnosed her with a rare form of mononeuropathy affecting her left hand.

Examples

  • He experienced weakness in his foot, which was attributed to mononeuropathy caused by diabetes.

  • Findings on laryngeal EMG were essentially normal, except for the detection of a few large-amplitude motor units within the left thyroarytenoid muscle that were not consistent with a focal laryngeal mononeuropathy.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The patient's symptoms indicated the presence of mononeuropathy, leading to further neurological evaluation.

Synonyms

neuropathy
vsmononeuropathy
  • Specialized
7 7.7

A problem with the nerves in the hands and feet that causes numbness, weakness or pain

is limited to a single peripheral nerve rather than multiple nerves

Compounds

multiple mononeuropathy
  • Specialized
8.1

A condition where several single nerves in different body parts stop working

How Many Nerves

polyneuropathy
  • Specialized
1 9.5
mononeuropathy
  • Specialized
9.6

Surface Forms

mononeuropathy singular
mononeuropathies plural

Morphology

mononeuropathy = neuropathy (transparent) = mono + neuro + pathy

The word is built regularly from mono- meaning 'one' plus neuropathy, so the sense 'affecting a single nerve' follows directly.

Etymology

Mononeuropathy comes from three parts: mono- ('one'), neuro- ('nerve'), and -pathy ('disease'). So mononeuropathy means a 'disease of one nerve', which is why we use it for a problem that affects a single nerve.