meralgia paraesthetica

English

Alternative forms

  • meralgia paresthetica

Etymology

The term "meralgia paraesthetica" combines four Greek roots to mean "thigh pain with anomalous perception".

Noun

meralgia paraesthetica (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) numbness or pain in the lateral thigh caused by lesion to the lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
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