neuropraxia

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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neuropraxia (usually uncountable, plural neuropraxias)

  1. (medicine, pathology) Alternative form of neurapraxia.

Usage notes

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Because of the inconsistent etymology, at least one major dictionary[1] marks neuropraxia as a misspelling rather than a variant. However, the form is very widely used, and at least one other major dictionary enters this form as a variant without any usage label.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Wolters Kluwer (2018) Stedman's Medical Dictionary[1], Wolters Kluwer, retrieved 2018-04-05
  2. ^ Elsevier (2018) Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary[2], Elsevier, retrieved 2018-04-05