carpal tunnel

  • 41carpal tunnel syndrome — car′pal tun′nel syn drome n. pat a disorder of the hand characterized by pain, weakness, and numbness in the thumb and other fingers, caused by an inflamed ligament that presses on a nerve in the wrist …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42carpal — of the wrist, 1743, from Mod.L. carpalis, from carpus wrist. Carpal tunnel syndrome attested by 1970, from carpal tunnel, the tunnel like passage that carries nerves through the wrist …

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  • 43tunnel n — carpal tunnel syndrome …

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  • 44tunnel — An elongated passageway, usually open at both ends. aortico left ventricular t. congenital connection between the aorta above exit of coronary arteries and the left ventricle. carpal t. [TA] the passageway deep to the transverse …

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  • 45tunnel — tunneler; esp. Brit., tunneller, n. tunnellike, adj. /tun l/, n., v., tunneled, tunneling or (esp. Brit.) tunnelled, tunnelling. n. 1. an underground passage. 2. a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a… …

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  • 46carpal canal — noun carpal tunnel …

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  • 47tunnel — n. (in anatomy) a canal or hollow groove. See also: carpal tunnel …

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  • 48Канал Запястья (Carpal Tunnel) — пространство между костями запястья, образующими борозду запястья, и удерживателем сгибателей, который перекидывается от гороховидной и крючковидной костей до ладьевидной кости и кости трапеции. Включает сгибающие сухожилия и срединный нерв.… …

    Медицинские термины

  • 49Синдром Канала Запястья (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) — сдавление срединного нерва в канале запястья (см. Канал запястья). Это вызывает боль и онемение в указательном и среднем пальцах и слабость большого пальца. Источник: Медицинский словарь …

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  • 50Cubital tunnel — Back of right upper extremity, showing surface markings for bones and nerves. The cubital tunnel is a channel which allows the Ulnar nerve (commonly known as the funny bone ) to travel over the elbow. Chronic compression of this nerve is known as …

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