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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

Example Sentences

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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

An inquest in Portsmouth heard that Mrs Daniels had surgery in 2011 for the rare condition trigeminal neuralgia, which causes facial pain.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 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

It was in the midst of his trigeminal neuralgia, when his insurance company thought the pain might be psychosomatic.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2017

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

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

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