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NEURALGIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neuralgic mean?
• NEURALGIC (adjective)
The adjective NEURALGIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia
Familiarity information: NEURALGIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
neuralgic pains
Pertainym:
neuralgia (acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves)
Derivation:
neuralgia; neuralgy (acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves)
Context examples
It is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area.
(Herpes Zoster, NCI Thesaurus)
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