neuropraxia

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A form of neurapraxia — The least severe form of nerve injury, in which the structure of the nerve remains intact, but there is an interruption in conduction of the impulse down the nerve fiber.

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Meanings

nounneuropraxia (usually uncountable, plural neuropraxias)

plural neuropraxias

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallymedicineAlternative form of neurapraxia.

Origin

Mistaken reanalysis of neurapraxia (neur- + apraxia) as if it were neuro- + *praxia; this is etymologically nonsensical because the a- in apraxia represents the negating prefix (in the New Latin original) to mean the opposite of what the unrealized form *praxia would mean.

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APA

neuropraxia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropraxia

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“neuropraxia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropraxia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuropraxia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuropraxia.

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