neuropraxia

== English == === Etymology === Mistaken reanalysis of neurapraxia (neur- + apraxia) as if it were neuro- + *praxia; this is etymologically nonsensical because the a- in apraxia represents the negating prefix (in the New Latin original) to mean the opposite of what the unrealized form *praxia would mean. === Noun === neuropraxia (usually uncountable, plural neuropraxias) (medicine, pathology) Alternative form of neurapraxia. ==== Usage notes ==== Because of the inconsistent etymology, at least one major dictionary marks neuropraxia as a misspelling rather than a variant. However, the form is very widely used, and at least one other major dictionary enters this form as a variant without any usage label. Nonetheless, the advice given about neurosthenia applies here too: writers who use the -a- form easily avoid any possibility of reproach. ==== Related terms ==== neuropraxic neuropraxis === References ===