neuropathy

noun2

1. •
   Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.

   • Long-standing diabetes often causes neuropathy in the retinas, fingertips, and toes.
2. •
   Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).

   • the contribution of central neuropathy on postural impairment observed in diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy
   • insights into the underlying molecular pathogenesis of diabetes-induced CNS neuropathy