Neuralgia

n.

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(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.

Noun

1.

neuralgia - acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves Synonyms: neuralgy

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