Neuropathy

Definition: Neuropathy

Neuropathy

Noun

1. Any pathology of the peripheral nerves.

Etymology: Neuropathy \Neu*rop"a*thy\, noun. [Neuro- Greek expression to suffer.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	A problem in any part of the nervous system except the brain and spinal cord. Neuropathies can be caused by infection, toxic substances, or disease. (references)
Medicine	A disease of the cranial or spinal nerves; may be caused by organic solvent intoxication; the symptoms are sensory disturbances and paralysis of the arms and especially, the legs. Source: European Union. (references)
	A general term that refers to changes in the peripheral nervous system. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Neuropathy is a disease of the peripheral nervous system. Many people who have had diabetes eventually develop nerve damage. The three major forms of nerve damage are: peripheral neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy, and mononeuropathy. The most common form is peripheral neuropathy, which mainly affects the feet and legs.

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Peripheral Neuropathy (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Biopsy Diagnosis of Peripheral Neuropathy (reference) Diabetic Neuropathy (reference) Nutrients for Neuropathy (The Numb Toes Series, Vol 3) (reference) Peripheral Neuropathy (reference) Treatment Options for Peripheral Neuropathy [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Autonomic neuropathy can affect digestion. (references)
		Treatment for multifocal motor neuropathy varies. (references)
		Therapy for peripheral neuropathy differs depending on the cause. (references)
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"Neuropathy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neuropathy" is used about 125 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	125	28,650

Expressions using "neuropathy": Alcoholic Neuropathy ♦ Autonomic Neuropathy ♦ Femoral Neuropathy ♦ hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy ♦ Median Neuropathy ♦ Peripheral Neuropathy ♦ Radial Neuropathy ♦ Sciatic Neuropathy ♦ Tibial Neuropathy. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "neuropathy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nevropati. (various references)

Bulgarian		нервно заболяване. (various references)

Chinese		神经病. (various references)

Danish		neuropati (neuritis). (various references)

Dutch		neuropathie. (various references)

Finnish		neuropatia. (various references)

French		neuropathie (f), neuropathie, névropathie. (various references)

German		Neuropathie. (various references)

Greek		νευροπόθεια, νευροπάθεια. (various references)

Italian		neuropatia (nervosism, nervousness, neurosis). (various references)

Manx		chingys neayrag. (various references)

Pig Latin		europathynay

Portuguese		neuropatia (neurophysiology, neurosis), neuropata (neurotic). (various references)

Russian		невропатология. (various references)

Spanish		neuropatía. (various references)

Swedish		perifer neuropati (peripheral neuropathy). (various references)

Ukranian		невропатія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Neuropathy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neropathy, neruopathy, neurapathy, neuroapathy, neuromast, neuropothy, nueropathy, nuropathy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "neuropathy" (pronounced nuh"rōpa'thē, nuh'rô"puthē , or nyuh"rōpa'thē)
4	-p a' th ē	lymphadenopathy, telepathy.
5	-ô" p u th ē	encephalopathy.
4	-p u th ē	antipathy, apathy, empathy, psychopathy, sympathy.
3	-u th ē	Timothy.
4	-p a' th ē	lymphadenopathy, telepathy.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-o-p-r-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: eutrophy.
	-3 letters: another, atrophy, entropy, euphony, haunter, hyperon, hyponea, operant, outearn, outhear, outpray, panther, phaeton, phonate, phorate, phytane, pronate, protean, therapy, tourney, unearth, urethan, youthen.
	-4 letters: anther, aroynt, arpent, atoner, author, earthy, enrapt, entrap, hapten, hearty, hornet, hunter, napery, nature, notary, nother, ornate, orphan, outran, pantry, parent, parton, patron, payout, peanut, penury, phoney, phyton, poetry, pother, pouter, protea, prutah, punter, pyrone, python, rhyton, roupet, tarpon, teapoy, tenour, teopan, tephra, teraph, thenar, theory, thorny, thorpe, threap, throne, trepan, trophy, troupe, typhon, uphroe, uprate, uptear, uptore, uptorn, yauper, yaupon.
	-5 letters: antre, apery, aport, apron, apter, arpen, atone, atony, atopy, aunty, earth, entry, ephor, erupt, harpy, hater, haunt, haute, hayer, heart, henry, heron, hoary, honer, honey, hoper, horny, hyena, hyper, neath, netop, north, noter, oaten, oater, onery, opera, orate, other, ouphe, outer, outre, paeon, panto, panty, pareo, pareu, party, paten, pater, payer, payor, peart, peaty, peony, phone, phony, porny, pouty, prahu, prate, prone, prune, pruta, punto, punty, puton, pyran, raphe, rathe, rayon, repay, repot, rhyta, ropey, rouen, roupy, route, routh, runty, taper, taupe, teary, tenor, tepoy, thane, thorn, thorp, throe, thuya, toner, toney, toper, tophe, torah, toyer, trona, trone, trope, tuner, tuyer, unapt, unary, unhat, urate, yapon, yearn, yenta, yourn, youth, yupon, yurta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-o-p-r-t-u-y"
	+2 letters: polyurethane.
	+3 letters: immunotherapy, polyurethanes.
	+4 letters: neuropathology, parenchymatous, phenylthiourea.
	+5 letters: hyperfunctional, neuropathically, neuropsychiatry, phenylketonuria, phenylthioureas, uncopyrightable.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 65 75 72 6F 70 61 74 68 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01100101 01110101 01110010 01101111 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101000 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#101 &#117 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#97 &#116 &#104 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0065 0075 0072 006F 0070 0061 0074 0068 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
neuropathy	1,320
peripheral neuropathy	747
diabetic neuropathy	317
autonomic neuropathy	44
ulnar neuropathy	37
neuropathy treatment	27
auditory neuropathy	26
sensory neuropathy	25
neuropathy symptom	25
alcoholic neuropathy	24
diabetes neuropathy	22
foot neuropathy	18
optic neuropathy	17
association neuropathy	17
diabetic peripheral neuropathy	17
ischemic optic neuropathy	16
femoral neuropathy	16
neuropathy periferal	15
multifocal motor neuropathy	15
periphial neuropathy	15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Neuropathy

Definition: Neuropathy

Neuropathy

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Neuropathy

Health

Medicine

Specialty Definition: Neuropathy

Crosswords: Neuropathy

Commercial Usage: Neuropathy

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Non-Fiction Usage: Neuropathy

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Usage Frequency: Neuropathy

Expressions: Neuropathy

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Neuropathy

neuropathy

peripheral neuropathy

diabetic neuropathy

autonomic neuropathy

ulnar neuropathy

neuropathy treatment

auditory neuropathy

sensory neuropathy

neuropathy symptom

alcoholic neuropathy

diabetes neuropathy

foot neuropathy

optic neuropathy

association neuropathy

diabetic peripheral neuropathy

ischemic optic neuropathy

femoral neuropathy

neuropathy periferal

multifocal motor neuropathy

periphial neuropathy

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Misspellings: Neuropathy

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Rhyming with "Neuropathy"

Anagrams: Neuropathy

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Alternative Orthography: Neuropathy

4E 65 75 72 6F 70 61 74 68 79

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01001110 01100101 01110101 01110010 01101111 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101000 01111001

&#78 &#101 &#117 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#97 &#116 &#104 &#121

004E 0065 0075 0072 006F 0070 0061 0074 0068 0079

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