tic douloureux

[tik doo-luh-roo; French teek doo-loo-rœ]

noun Pathology.

paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.

Origin of tic douloureux

1790–1800; < French: literally, painful tic

Also called facial neuralgia, trifacial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia.

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Historical Examples of facial neuralgia

Whilst at Bijnore, I was seized with an attack of tic-douloureux, and suffered all its extreme agonies.
Wanderings in India
John Lang
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 Moodie

British Dictionary definitions for facial neuralgia

tic douloureux

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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Word Origin and History for facial neuralgia

tic douloureux

1800, French, literally "painful twitching;" see tic.

facial neuralgia in Medicine

tic douloureux

[dōō′lə-rōō′]

trigeminal neuralgia