Damage to the peripheral nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
peripheral neuropathy (noun) a disease or degenerative state of the peripheral nerves in which motor, sensory, or vasomotor nerve fibers may be affected and which is marked by muscle weakness and atrophy, pain, and numbness
Nerve injury, neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, nerve impairment, sensory nerve disorder
