scalenus syndrome

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   discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus

   Broadersyndrome

Questions about scalenus syndrome

What does scalenus syndrome mean?

scalenus syndrome means "discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus".

Is scalenus syndrome a common word?

scalenus syndrome 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.