neuralgia
An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerveAn acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
» My mother made a complete recovery from neuralgia.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
Neuralgie
невралги́яnevralgíja
acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Acute emotional distress.
Examples
4 sentencesMy mother made a complete recovery from neuralgia.
I'm afraid I have neuralgia.
ruЯ опасаюсь, что у меня невралгия.
She suffers from constant neuralgia.
Neuralgia is a rare disease.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “paiFrom New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
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Forms
plural: neuralgias| Singular | neuralgia |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves:neuralgy
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable