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neuropathy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌnjuːˈrɒ.pə.θiː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Long-standing diabetes often causes neuropathy in the retinas, fingertips, and toes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • the contribution of central neuropathy on postural impairment observed in diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy
  • insights into the underlying molecular pathogenesis of diabetes-induced CNS neuropathy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any pathology of the peripheral nerves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pathology

Narrower terms: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, mononeuropathy, multiple mononeuropathy

History

Etymology

From neuro- + -pathy.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нервно заболяване (nervno zaboljavane) — disease of the nervous system
  • Catalan: neuropatia — disease of the nervous system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神經病變 /神经病变 (shénjīng bìngbiàn) — disease of the nervous system
  • Czech: neuropatie — disease of the nervous system
  • Danish: nervebetændelse — disease of the nervous system
  • Danish: neuropati — disease of the nervous system
  • Dutch: neuropathie — disease of the nervous system
  • Finnish: hermosairaus — disease of the nervous system
  • Finnish: neuropatia — disease of the nervous system
  • German: Nervenleiden — disease of the nervous system
  • German: Neuropathie — disease of the nervous system
  • Hungarian: neuropátia — disease of the nervous system
  • Hungarian: idegbántalom — disease of the nervous system
  • Hungarian: ideggyengeség — disease of the nervous system
  • Hungarian: idegbetegség — disease of the nervous system
  • Hungarian: idegbaj — disease of the nervous system
  • Irish: néarapaite — disease of the nervous system
  • Portuguese: neuropatia — disease of the nervous system
  • Russian: невропа́тия (nevropátija) — disease of the nervous system
  • Spanish: neuropatía — disease of the nervous system