thoracic outlet syndrome

1. 1.

   tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm

   Broadersyndrome

Questions about thoracic outlet syndrome

What does thoracic outlet syndrome mean?

thoracic outlet syndrome means "tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm".

Is thoracic outlet syndrome a common word?

thoracic outlet 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.