nerve entrapment

1. 1.

   repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)

   Broadernerve compression

   Narrowercarpal tunnel syndrome

Questions about nerve entrapment

What does nerve entrapment mean?

nerve entrapment means "repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)".

Is nerve entrapment a common word?

nerve entrapment 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.