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trigeminal neuralgia

noun

, Pathology.


trigeminal neuralgia

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trigeminal neuralgia1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

For Rachael Jetter, a 29-year-old from Pennsylvania, that means living with the unpredictable bouts of sharp, shooting facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia.

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The middle period of life is not, according to my experience, fruitful in first attacks of trigeminal neuralgia.

The most common variety of trigeminal neuralgia is migraine, or sick-headache, as it is often called.

The father is neurasthenic, and the grandfather has trigeminal neuralgia.

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