nerve compression

1. 1.

   harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness

   Broadernervous disorder

   Narrowernerve entrapment

Questions about nerve compression

What does nerve compression mean?

nerve compression means "harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness".

Is nerve compression a common word?

nerve compression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.