Nervous
polyneuropathy
pol-ee-noo-ROP-uh-thee
StatusNew
Definition
Disease affecting multiple peripheral nerves
PathologyNervous
Breakdown
Prefix
poly-
many
Root
neur/o
nerve
Suffix
-pathy
disease
Etymology
Greek: poly- (many) + neur/o (nerve) + -pathy (disease)
Practice
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