NEURALGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuralgia mean? 

• NEURALGIA (noun)
  The noun NEURALGIA has 1 sense:

1. acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

  Familiarity information: NEURALGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEURALGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

neuralgia; neuralgy

Hypernyms ("neuralgia" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuralgia"):

tic douloureux; trigeminal neuralgia (intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve)

sciatica (neuralgia along the sciatic nerve)

Derivation:

neuralgic (of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia)

 Context examples 

For example, nerve diseases like trigeminal neuralgia or Bell's palsysometimes cause facial pain, spasms and trouble with eye or facial movement.

(Facial Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Its analgesic activity is not understood; however, carbamazepine is commonly used to treat pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia.

(Carbamazepine, NCI Thesaurus)

A topical anesthetic cream, containing lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%, that provides neuralgia pain relief by causing loss of cutaneous sensation through reversible blockade of conduction in nerve fibers.

(Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Davis had evidently taken his coffee too strong that morning, there was an east wind, which always affected his neuralgia, and his pupils had not done him the credit which he felt he deserved.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)