A patient often experiences numbness and pain in the thumb and first two fingers on his right hand.He goes to the doctor,who suspects that carpal tunnel syndrome is the reason for the numbness and pain.The doctor then orders a simple test to see how fast nerve impulses are moving up and down the patient's arm.The doctor's preliminary diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome is a(n)

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The doctor's preliminary diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome based on the symptoms described is a hypothesis. A hypothesis is an educated guess or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

A Patient Often Experiences Numbness and Pain in the Thumb