trigeminal neuralgia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trigeminal neuralgia
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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
“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
Much of the book details Andrew’s hellish 10-year struggle with trigeminal neuralgia, an entangled facial nerve that causes excruciating pain.
From Washington Post • May 23, 2017
Thirdly, he specifies the character of the pain in migraine—dull, boring, straining, etc.—as differing from that of trigeminal neuralgia, which is ordinarily much more acute and darting.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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