multiple mononeuropathy
- noun
- /ˈmʌltəpəl ˌmɒnoʊnʊˈrɒpəθi/
- Specialized
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mononeuropatía múltiple
- The patient was diagnosed with multiple mononeuropathy after experiencing weakness in several limbs.
Examples
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Symptoms of multiple mononeuropathy can vary depending on which nerves are affected.
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Treatment for multiple mononeuropathy often involves addressing the underlying systemic condition.
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The doctor diagnosed her with multiple mononeuropathy.
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Patients with multiple mononeuropathy often experience pain.
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Symptoms of multiple mononeuropathy can vary depending on which nerves are affected.
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The patient was diagnosed with multiple mononeuropathy after experiencing weakness in several limbs.
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Treatment for multiple mononeuropathy often involves addressing the underlying systemic condition.
Synonyms
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7.7
A problem with the nerves in the hands and feet that causes numbness, weakness or pain
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9.5
A disease that damages many nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
Inflammation of many nerves outside the brain and spine that causes weakness or numbness
Swelling of many nerves in the body that causes weakness and numbness
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally straightforward: 'multiple' (more than one) modifies 'mononeuropathy' (a condition affecting a single peripheral nerve), so together it denotes several instances of single-nerve disease. Although the vocabulary is medical/specialist, the modifier+noun construction is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning.
Etymology
Multiple mononeuropathy is built from the parts multiple meaning 'many', mono meaning 'single', neuro meaning 'nerve' and -pathy meaning 'disease'. So it literally means 'many single-nerve diseases', that is, several separate nerves are affected.