word-forming element meaning 1. after, behind, 2. changed, altered, 3. higher, beyond; from Greek meta (prep.) in the midst of, in common with, by means of, in pursuit or quest of, from PIE *me-in the middle (cf. German mit, Gothic miÃ¾, Old English miÃ° with, together with, among; see mid).
There are a number of reasons you may have numbness in the thigh. The most common cause of thigh numbness without other symptoms is compression or irritation of the nerve that supplies the skin of the upper, outside part of the thigh, called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
List of 26 causes of Thigh pain. This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Thigh pain in our database from various sources. 1  Adult hypophosphatasia-thigh pain. 2  Antithrombin Deficiency-thigh pain.