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neuralgia

noun
/njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/UK

Etymology

From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.

  1. derived from νεῦρον
  2. derived from neuralgia

Definitions

  1. An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

  2. Acute emotional distress.

    • A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia.
    • Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.

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Derived

corneal neuralgia, neuralgic, neuralgiform, odontoneuralgia, red neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia

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