compartment syndrome

noun

A medical condition where there is insufficient blood supply to muscles and nerves due to increased pressure within one of the body's fascial compartments.

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Meanings

nouncompartment syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural compartment syndromes)

plural compartment syndromes

  1. countableuncountableA medical condition where there is insufficient blood supply to muscles and nerves due to increased pressure within one of the body's fascial compartments.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 骨筋膜室綜合徵 /骨筋膜室综合征, 腔室症候群
  • 骨筋膜室綜合徵 /骨筋膜室综合征medical condition
  • 腔室症候群 (qiāngshì zhènghòuqún)medical condition
Finnish lihasaitio-oireyhtymä, aitio-oireyhtymä
  • lihasaitio-oireyhtymämedical condition
  • aitio-oireyhtymämedical condition
  • aitiopaineoireyhtymämedical condition
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APA

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

MLA

“compartment syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartment%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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

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