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Answer for the clue "Any pathology of the peripheral nerves ", 10 letters:
neuropathy

Word definitions for neuropathy in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Neuropathy may refer to: Peripheral neuropathy , a condition affecting the nerves of the peripheral nervous system Cranial neuropathy , any condition affecting cranial nerves Auditory neuropathy , any condition affecting the auditory nerve Optic neuropathy ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1827, from neuro- + -pathy . Related: Neuropath ; neuropathic ; neuropathist .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neuropathy \Neu*rop"a*thy\, n. [Neuro- + Gr. ?, ?, to suffer.] (Med.) An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any pathology of the peripheral nerves

Usage examples of neuropathy.

Before taking up running, Collins suffered from diabetic neuropathy in both feet, a condition that made his feet feel like wood, and his toes like they were all welded together.

As each February day dawns colder and grayer than the last, Anna sinks into worries and depression, exhausted from neuropathy pain and hot flashes that remain months after stopping Taxol and tamoxifen.

It is having troublesome dreams and waking episodes of psychosomatic peripheral neuropathy associated with one of its Educator tapes.