descending neuropathy
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Related to descending neuropathy: peripheral neuritis, Sensory neuropathy
descending neuropathy
Etymology: L, descendere, to descend; Gk, neuron, nerve, pathos, disease
a disease of the peripheral nervous system that spreads downward from the upper part of the body.
descending neuropathy
Neuropathy that descends from the upper part of the body to the lower.
See also: neuropathy