neuralgia

neuralgia
noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1834 acute paroxysmal pain radiating along the course of one or more nerves usually without demonstrable changes in the nerve structure • neuralgic adjective

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  • Neuralgia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 M79.2 ICD 9 729.2 …   Wikipedia

  • Neuralgia — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 M79.2, m70 CIE 9 729.2 MedlinePlus …   Wikipedia Español

  • neuralgia — f. sintomat. Nombre genérico con que se designa cualquier dolor más o menos constante, espontáneo o provocado a lo largo de un nervio. Medical Dictionary. 2011. neuralgia …   Diccionario médico

  • Neuralgia — Neu*ral gi*a, n. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • neuralgia — (n.) 1807, from Gk. neuron nerve (see NEURO (Cf. neuro )) + ALGIA (Cf. algia). Probably formed on model of Fr. névralgie (1801). Related: Neuralgic …   Etymology dictionary

  • neuralgia — s. f. [Medicina] Dor num nervo e suas ramificações. = NEVRALGIA   ‣ Etimologia: neuro + algia …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • neuralgia — sustantivo femenino 1. Área: medicina Dolor que recorre un nervio …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • neuralgia — (De neuro y algia). f. Med. Dolor continuo a lo largo de un nervio y de sus ramificaciones, por lo común sin fenómenos inflamatorios …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • neuralgia — ► NOUN ▪ intense pain along the course of a nerve, especially in the head or face. DERIVATIVES neuralgic adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • neuralgia — [noo ral′jə, nyooral′jə; noo ral′jē ə, nyoo ral′jē ə] n. [ModL: see NEUR & ALGIA] severe pain along the course of a nerve or in its area of distribution neuralgic [no͞o ral′jik, nyo͞o ral′jik] adj …   English World dictionary

  • neuralgia — neuralgic, adj. /noo ral jeuh, nyoo /, n. Pathol. sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve. [1815 25; NEUR + ALGIA] * * * Pain of unknown cause in the area covered by a peripheral sensory nerve. In trigeminal neuralgia (tic… …   Universalium

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