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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The least severe form of nerve injury, in which the structure of the nerve remains intact, but there is an interruption in conduction of the impulse down the nerve fiber.

Etymology

From neur- + apraxia.

Related phrases

nerve fiber

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