nerve compression

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder,
definition	:	a disorder of the nervous system (noun.state)

hyponym	:	nerve entrapment,
definition	:	repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling) (noun.state)