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Meaning of NEPHRALGIA

Pronunciation:  nu'fraljeeu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins)
 
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 See Also: hurting, pain

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ne*phral"gi*a\, Nephralgy \Ne*phral"gy\, n. [NL.
nephralgia, fr. Gr. ? a kidney + ? pain: cf. F.
n['e]phralgie.] (Med.)
Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in
the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of
the latter. --Quain.
 

 

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