Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pain in the thigh.
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- noun pain in the thigh
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Examples
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Nerve damage from skinny jeans: Parmeeta Ghoman, 29, of San Francisco, suffered from a nerve condition called meralgia paresthetica, aka "tingling thigh syndrome," when her super-tight skinny jeans cut off her lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
Leslie Goldman: UTIs, Baldness, Broken Ankles, and Other Fashion Emergencies 2010
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Nerve damage from skinny jeans: Parmeeta Ghoman, 29, of San Francisco, suffered from a nerve condition called meralgia paresthetica, aka "tingling thigh syndrome," when her super-tight skinny jeans cut off her lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
Leslie Goldman: UTIs, Baldness, Broken Ankles, and Other Fashion Emergencies 2010
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The condition, called meralgia paresthetica MP, is caused by pressure on a nerve in the pelvis that causes a painful, burning, tingling thigh.
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The condition, called meralgia paresthetica (MP), is caused by pressure on a nerve in the pelvis that causes a painful, burning, tingling thigh.
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Pants that are too tight can cause a nerve problem called meralgia paresthetica.
The Clog 2009
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The super low-rise jeans that were especially popular in the late 90s and early 2000s were also linked to meralgia paresthetica.
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Super-skinny jeans are causing bouts of meralgia paresthetica, or tingling thigh syndrome — a constriction of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve — in women across the country.
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Compression of the nerve as it passes through the inguinal ligament or as it pierces the fascia lata causes meralgia paraesthetica.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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Now, in my final weeks of med school, I've come across Thursday afternoon palsy, more commonly known as Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment, or meralgia parasthetica:
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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I am disappointed on your behalf that not only did your GP not know about meralgia paresthetica but also declined to reach for a book on the shelf and discuss it with you - it's something most medical students will know about.
Home | Mail Online 2010
yarb commented on the word meralgia
I have this now, after descending the 680 stairs from my new office the evening before last.
October 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word meralgia
Yikes! I think I only climb about 20.
*hands liniment to yarb*
October 10, 2008
yarb commented on the word meralgia
Note: I went down, not up. Minimal sympathy merited!
October 10, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word meralgia
Yarb, can you add it here?
October 12, 2008
yarb commented on the word meralgia
By all means. I'm planning on refreshing my meralgia on Tuesday.
October 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word meralgia
Down can cause meralgia too, if it's 680 stairs!
October 14, 2008