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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 neuralgiaplay

  Familiarity information: NEURALGIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEURALGIC (adjective)


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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