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neuroischaemic

adjective/ˌnjʊərəʊɪsˈkiːmɪk/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Describing a foot affected by both nerve damage and a poor blood supply.

A neuroischaemic foot combines numbness with poor circulation, so wounds are both painless and slow to heal.

Topic: Podiatry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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