neuralgia
Americannoun
noun
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antineuralgicadjective
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neuralgicadjective
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postneuralgicadjective
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preneuralgicadjective
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unneuralgicadjective
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Vaccination, which has typically been recommended for older adults, reduces the likelihood of shingles and lowers the risk of postherpetic neuralgia, or long-term nerve pain that can persist after the rash clears.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
The FDA approved it in 2002 for post-herpetic neuralgia, or nerve pain after shingles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare chronic pain disorder that affects nerves in the head and face, resulting in severe and sudden pain, according to the National Institutes of Health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
In trigeminal neuralgia, an injury to the nerve causes terrible pain in one of these branches.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
“I am still tortured a good deal with neuralgia and toothache,” Olmsted wrote, “and I am tired and have a growing dread of worry & anxiety.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
On the other extreme we find the neuralgias of the period of bodily decay: these are of very bad prognosis.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
Far more useful, in neuralgias generally, is the external application of aconite or of veratrine.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
The diagnosis of visceral neuralgias is, it need hardly be said, in most cases, a far more difficult and complicated matter.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
Numbness and tingling in the hands, feet, arms, or legs are also complained of, and neuralgias, not following the course of the nerves but of the arteries, also occur.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
It is also very effective in different neuralgias of a gouty or rheumatic origin, as in ischias, prosopalgia, periostitis, and especially in earache, tearing pains in the ears, and otitis.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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