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neu⋅ral⋅gia

  [noo-ral-juh, nyoo-]
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–noun Pathology.
sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
Origin:
1815–25; neur- + -algia

Related forms:
neu⋅ral⋅gic, adjective
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neu·ral·gia   (nŏŏ-rāl'jə, nyŏŏ-)   
n.  Sharp, severe paroxysmal pain extending along a nerve or group of nerves.
neu·ral'gic adj.
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Word Origin & History

neuralgia 
c.1830, from Gk. neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + -algia, from algos "pain." Perhaps infl. by Fr. névralgie (1801).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: neu·ral·gia
Pronunciation: n(y)u-'ral-j&
Function: noun
: acute paroxysmal pain radiating along the course of one or morenerves usually without demonstrable changes in the nerve structure —compare NEURITIS —neu·ral·gic /-jik/ adjective
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neuralgia neu·ral·gia (n&oobreve;-rāl'jə, ny&oobreve;-)
n.
Sharp, severe paroxysmal pain extending along a nerve or group of nerves. Also called neurodynia.

neu·ral'gic adj.

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