Definition of "neuralgia" []

• Sharp, severe paroxysmal pain extending along a nerve or group of nerves. (noun)

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• "To the pain thus excited the term neuralgia is commonly applied, or 'tic;' or, if the large nerve running down the thigh be the seat of the pain, 'sciatica.'"
• "It was the misfortune of Miss Salmon to suffer periodically and acutely from biliousness (which she called neuralgia)."
• "Whenever the course of events proved objectionable, Miss Rylance took refuge in a complaint which she called her neuralgia, indicating that it was a species of disorder peculiar to herself, and of a superior quality to everybody else's neuralgia."