nerve compression

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nerve compression - harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness

nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system

nerve entrapment - repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)

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