cauda equina syndrome

noun

A condition resulting from damage to the cauda equina, with symptoms including low back pain, pain that radiates down the leg, numbness around the anus, and loss of bowel or bladder control.

Similar
horsetail syndrome
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Meanings

nouncauda equina syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA condition resulting from damage to the cauda equina, with symptoms including low back pain, pain that radiates down the leg, numbness around the anus, and loss of bowel or bladder control.

    Synonyms: horsetail syndrome

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA condition resulting from damage to the cauda equina, with symptoms including low back pain, pain that radiates down the leg, numbness around the anus, and loss of bowel or bladder control.

Similar
horsetail syndrome
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cauda equina syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cauda%20equina%20syndrome

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cauda equina syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cauda%20equina%20syndrome.

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