nephralgia

American

[nuh-fral-jee-uh, -juh] / nəˈfræl dʒi ə, -dʒə /

noun

Pathology.

kidney pain.

nephralgia British

/ nɪˈfrældʒɪə /

noun

pain in a kidney

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

nephralgic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of nephralgia

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

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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.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various

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