HyperDic: nerve_entrapment

English > 1 sense of the expression nerve entrapment:
NOUNstatenerve entrapmentrepeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)
English > nerve entrapment: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningrepeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling).
Narrowercarpal tunnel syndromeA painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel
Broadernerve compressionharmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences)

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