Disease or Syndrome
radiculopathy
Subclass of:
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Definitions related to radiculopathy:
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Disease involving a spinal nerve root which may result from compression related to INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL DISEASES; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations include radicular pain, weakness, and sensory loss referable to structures innervated by the involved nerve root.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Pain caused by irritation of a nerve as it exits the spinal cord.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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