Neil Ashby Feb 12, 2019:

Re "root" v "radicular"

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=root compromis...

Eileen Brophy (asker) Feb 8, 2016:

Dr. Jason Faulkner and Joseph Tein:

Thank you both for your comments, I have taken note and will be back later.

Regards, Eileen

Joseph Tein Feb 8, 2016:

KudoZ glossary entry Eileen: after you select the best answer, ProZ asks *you* to make a glossary entry. At that point, you can enter whatever you choose. I frequently post a glossary entry that is slightly different from the best answer I chose, if in my opinion it's a more exact translation. So to be clear: you can "accept" the suggestion that you think is the best answer, but you're free to change the glossary entry.

Dr. Jason Faulkner Feb 8, 2016:

And "radicular compromise" is a very specific type of condition. It means a peripheral nerve has been pinched off at its root where it exits the spinal cord. It results in radicular pain (pain in an extremity even though the cause is at the spine) or more generically as "radiculopathy"; pain and/or weakness in the muscles innervated by that particular nerve and/or loss of sensitivity in the dermatome that is innervated by that particular nerve.

Dr. Jason Faulkner Feb 8, 2016:

Damage is definitely not the same. Damage means that the continuity of the tissue has been broken. Compromise simply means that its function has been altered. In the case of spinal impingement, the disc fragment (usually the nucleus of the disc) protrudes into the neural foramen and is simply pinching the nerve, thereby affecting its function. The treatment is a surgical procedure where the pressure on the nerve is relieved by removing the protruding disc material (known as a "decompression" procedure).

Eileen Brophy (asker) Feb 8, 2016:

@Joseph Tein: I thought I had to simply accept one the suggested answers and not post an answer myself, after all I am the asker not the person giving the answer.

Joseph Tein Feb 8, 2016:

compromise / damage I don't think that "compromise" and "damage" are equivalent and if Dr. Faulkner chooses to suggest "compromise" I would go with that.

And Eileen, even if Neil doesn't post an answer of his own, you will still be able to provide a helpful resource for people looking for this term by posting [should have said "choosing"] the best answer and adding it to the KudoZ glossary yourself.

Eileen Brophy (asker) Feb 8, 2016:

@ Neil Ashby: Why not post your answer if you think it is more commonly used?

That would improve the website resources regarding such an expression surely?