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When a nerve root is pinched, the compression may impede the blood supply to the nerve, making it give off abnormal signals (a tingling or pins-and-needles sensation), called paresthesia. The term paresthesia is derived from the Latin words para (abnormal) and -esthesis (feeling).
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