neuralgic
Americanadjective
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I know this subject is neuralgic for certain readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
What is known is that up to 11 percent of patients with certain neurological conditions such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and neuralgic amyotrophy either have HEV antibodies or are infected with the virus.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
Issues like energy or food supplies are “critical, or if you will, neuralgic, points in the relationship between these countries.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Moreover, why should the prime minister not allow his ministers to follow their conscience, on this most neuralgic of Tory concerns?
From Economist ● Jun. 11, 2015
The result is, that I am now able to speak with far greater assurance of the positive value of electricity as a remedy for neuralgic pain.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
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