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trigeminal neuralgia

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. tic douloureux.


trigeminal neuralgia British  

noun

  1. pathol another name for tic douloureux

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of trigeminal neuralgia

First recorded in 1870–75

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She said that she was also diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia earlier in the year.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2025

After performing at a 2021 trigeminal neuralgia awareness fundraiser in Chicago, he met people who had been living with TN for 10 or 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2023

In trigeminal neuralgia, an injury to the nerve causes terrible pain in one of these branches.

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2021

“The idea of putting these cells into patients with neuropathic pain is viable,” says Basbaum, who is particularly interested in trigeminal neuralgia, an extreme form of pain that affects the face.

From Nature Sep. 10, 2019

In the present state of our information I am inclined to explain all the congestive complications of trigeminal neuralgia on the basis of vaso-motor paralysis.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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