Meaning of NEURALGIA
| Pronunciation: | | nyûu'ralju
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves |
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| | Synonyms: | | neuralgy |
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| | See Also: | | hurting, pain, sciatica, tic douloureux, trigeminal neuralgia | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Neu*ral"gi*a\, n. [NL., from gr. ? nerve + ? pain.
See {nerve}.] (Med.)
A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain,
exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a
nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems
therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be
independent of any structural lesion. --Dunglison.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a painful condition caused by disorders of the nervous system. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Neuralgia is the sudden and recurrent attacks of pain, of short duration, in the distribution of the nerve fibers. It is often triggered by the stimulation of a trigger zone. |
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| | Related Terms: | | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain disease, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, emotional disorder, epilepsy, falling sickness, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, herpes zoster, ischialgia, migraine, MS, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, palsy, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, shaking palsy, shingles, spastic paralysis, the jerks, tic douloureux, toxic psychosis |
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