nephralgia

[nuh-fral-jee-uh, -juh]

noun

Pathology.

1. kidney pain.

nephralgia

/ nɪˈfrældʒɪə /

noun

1. pain in a kidney

Other Word Forms

• nephralgic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nephralgia¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; nephr- + -algia

Example Sentences

Paley's last, and perhaps, for his day, his greatest work,—his "Natural Theology,"—was principally composed during the period in which he was subject to attacks of that terribly malady, nephralgia.

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