compression paralysis

compression paralysis
paralysis caused by pressure on a nerve, such as crutch paralysis, decubitus paralysis, or severe forms of carpal tunnel syndrome or cubital tunnel syndrome. Cf. entrapment neuropathy. Called also pressure p.

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