neuropathy

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Synonyms: neuropath, necropathy, neuropaths, neuropathic, neopathy, naturopathy, nephropathy, uropathy, leucopathy, aeropathy, metropathy

Antonyms: neuropath, necropathy, neuropaths, neuropathic, neopathy, naturopathy, nephropathy, uropathy, leucopathy, aeropathy, metropathy

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine}} Any [[disease]] of the [[peripheral nervous system]]; peripheral neuropathy.<!--An instance of the idiomatic reality by which natural language uses some words that have obvious etymonic hypernymic potential as nonetheless usually meaning more specifically the principal hyponymic concept.-->
2. {{lb|en|medicine}} Any [[disease]] of the [[nerve#Noun|nerves]] and [[nervous system]], usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and [[neuraxis#Noun|neuraxial]] instances of [[neural#Adjective|neural]] damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's [[psychiatry#Noun|psychiatric]] aspects ([[mental illness#Noun|mental illnesses]]).<!--An instance of the idiomatic reality by which natural language across speakers also nonetheless fails to invariably reserve those words exclusively to the hyponymic concept/sense.-->

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