Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nerve_entrapment

1 sense of nerve entrapment

Sense 1
nerve entrapment -- (repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling))
       => nerve compression -- (harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness)