-opathy definition

-opathy means that there’s actually documented disease, say like on an EMG, or something like that, or he is weak, he can’t walk. Radiculitis means he has all those symptoms, but he hasn’t developed nerve damage yet. So there's a continuum; you start with radiculitis and you progress on to radiculopathy . . . Most textbook authors are going to say he can’t walk on that leg. And so
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