1. discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scalenus syndrome
n 1: discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a
shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing
the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus