Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

nyctalgia

American

[nik-tal-juh, -jee-uh] / nɪkˈtæl dʒə, -dʒi ə /

noun

Pathology.

night pain that occurs in the sleep.

Etymology

Origin of nyctalgia

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.