Nerve injuries are classified as follows: 1  A first-degree injury, or neurapraxia, will recover within days after the injury, or it may take up to three months.  A second-degree injury, or axonotmesis, also will recover completely; however, the recovery will take much longer than with a first-degree injury.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Churning. Churning is the process of shaking up cream to make butter, and various forms of butter churn have been used for the purpose. In Europe from the Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, this was generally as simple as a barrel with a plunger in it, which was moved by hand.
Full Definition of CHURN. : a vessel for making butter in which milk or cream is agitated in order to separate the oily globules from the watery medium. See churn defined for English-language learners.See churn defined for kids.ADVERTISEMENT.ull Definition of CHURN. transitive verb. 1. : to agitate (milk or cream) in a churn in order to make butter. 2. b: to make (as foam) by so doing. 3. : to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissions.