meralgia paraesthetica

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Etymology

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

Noun

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meralgia paraesthetica (uncountable)

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