tic douloureux
[ tik doo-luh-roo; French teek doo-loo-rœ ]
/ ˈtɪk ˌdu ləˈru; French tik du luˈrœ /
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noun Pathology.
paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
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Nearby words
tibiofibular, tibiotarsus, tibullus, tibur, tic, tic douloureux, tic-tac-toe, tical, ticarcillin disodium, tichy, ticino
Origin of tic douloureux
1790–1800; < French: literally, painful tic
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Examples from the Web for facial neuralgia
We had heard a great deal of his curing a blacksmith of tic-douloureux by mesmerizing him.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush|Susanna MoodieWhilst at Bijnore, I was seized with an attack of tic-douloureux, and suffered all its extreme agonies.
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British Dictionary definitions for facial neuralgia
tic douloureux
/ (ˈtɪk ˌduːləˈruː) /
noun
a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerveAlso called: trigeminal neuralgia
Word Origin for tic douloureux
C19: from French, literally: painful tic
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Medicine definitions for facial neuralgia
tic douloureux
[ dōō′lə-rōō′ ]
n.
trigeminal neuralgia
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