Neurapraxia: Temporary loss of nerve function resulting in tingling, numbness and weakness. It is usually caused by compression of the nerve.
Neurapraxia: Avoid the misspelling/mispronunciation neuropraxia. Avoid the jargonistic use of this word in the general sense of 'nerve lesion'. The mildest type of focal nerve lesion that produces clinical deficits; localized loss of conduction along a nerve without axon degeneration; caused by a focal lesion, usually demyelinating, but occasionally ischemic (when of shorter than a few hours' duration), followed by a complete recovery.axonotmesis. [neur- + G. a- priv. + praxis, action]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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