What is "neuropathy"

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

1827, from neuro- + -pathy. Related: Neuropath; neuropathic; neuropathist.

n. (context pathology English) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system.

n. any pathology of the peripheral nerves

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, any condition affecting the optic nerve (including "Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy")
• Diabetic neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus
• Familial amyloid neuropathies, a rare group of autosomal dominant neuropathies of autonomic (and sometimes also sensory or motor) nerves
• Giant axonal neuropathy, a rare neurological disorder that causes disorganization of neurofilaments
• Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP), a peripheral neuropathy that affects the sensory and muscle nerves
• Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP), a condition that causes a variety of signs and symptoms chiefly affecting the nervous system
• Neuropathy target esterase, a protein (enzyme) that catalyzes (increases the rates of) chemical reactions
• Organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy, a neuropathy caused by killing of neurons in the central nervous system, especially in the spinal cord, as a result of acute or chronic organophosphate poisoning
• Polyneuropathy, a neurological disorder that occurs when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously

• Neuropathy contrasts with terms describing problems in other parts of the nervous system such as:
  • Encephalopathy
  • Myelopathy
  • Radiculopathy
  • Neuromuscular junction disease
  • Myopathy

• Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
• Neuropathia mucinosa cutanea
• Neuropathic arthropathy
• Neuropathic pain
• Neuropathic ulcer
• Neuropathology
• Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, medical journal