carpal tunnel syndrome

English

A form of repetitive stress injury caused by compression of the median nerve travelling through the carpal tunnel.

repetitive stress injury

Catalan: síndrome del túnel carpià, síndrome del canal carpià
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腕管綜合症, 腕管综合症 (wun² gun² zung³ hap⁶ zing³), 滑鼠手 (waat⁶ syu² sau²) (informal)

Mandarin: 腕管綜合徵, 腕管综合征 (wànguǎn zōnghézhēng, wànguǎn zònghézhēng) (mainland China), 腕隧道症候羣 (zh), 腕隧道症候群 (zh) (wàn suìdào zhènghòuqún) (Taiwan), 腕道症候羣, 腕道症候群 (wàndào zhènghòuqún) (Taiwan), 滑鼠手 (huáshúshǒu) (Taiwan, informal), 鼠標手, 鼠标手 (shǔbiāoshǒu) (mainland China, informal)
Czech: syndrom karpálního tunelu
Dutch: Carpaletunnelsyndroom
Finnish: rannekanavaoireyhtymä (fi)
French: syndrome du canal carpien m

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