Dictionary definition
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My sister's Stedman's Medical Dictionary* has this definition:
* She got this for her birthday some years ago, she's 17 now. Can you tell she's definitely determined to become a doctor?
carpal tunnel syndrome
the most common nerve entrapment syndrome, characterized by nocturnal hand paresthesia and pain, and sometimes sensory loss and wasting in the median hand distribution; affects women more than men and is often bilateral; caused by chronic entrapment of the median nerve at the wrist, within the carpal tunnel.
paresthesia
An abnormal sensation, such as of burning, pricking, tickling, or tingling.
* She got this for her birthday some years ago, she's 17 now. Can you tell she's definitely determined to become a doctor?
