neuralgia

[ noo-ral-juh, nyoo- ]

/ nʊˈræl dʒə, nyʊ- /

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noun Pathology.

sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.

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Origin of neuralgia

First recorded in 1815–25; neur- + -algia

OTHER WORDS FROM neuralgia

neu·ral·gic, adjectivean·ti·neu·ral·gic, adjective, nounpost·neu·ral·gic, adjectivepre·neu·ral·gic, adjective

un·neu·ral·gic, adjective

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How to use neuralgia in a sentence

The neuralgic issue of censorship is confined to a substantial but specific range of books both in Chinese and from abroad.
A Censorship Test for China|Peter Osnos|July 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Here occur fever, anaemia, neuralgic pains, and the eruptions on the skin and the mucous membranes.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
It is of much value as a remedy for neuralgic affections of the womb.
An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art|B. L. Hill
What a sickly womanhood grows up in a nervous, feeble, neuralgic, splenetic female body!
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women|George Sumner Weaver

Used in severe gouty, rheumatic, neuralgic, and syphilitic pains.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Blanche had been ill, of neuralgic Cold: Valentia not well: but both on the mending hand now.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883)|Edward FitzGerald

British Dictionary definitions for neuralgia

neuralgia

/ (njʊˈrældʒɪə) /

noun

severe spasmodic pain caused by damage to or malfunctioning of a nerve and often following the course of the nerve

Derived forms of neuralgia

neuralgic, adjective

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