Definition of "neuralgy" [neu•ral•gy]

• Archaic form of neuralgia. (noun)

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• "For poor Percival Tubbs had "neuralgy" and could not leave his room;"
• "Her brother's wife's cousin had "neuralgy" for years, and she described his sufferings with enthusiasm and infinite detail."
• "There were different versions of the expressions he had used at the onset of his complaint, -- some of the reported exclamations involving a breach of propriety, to say the least, -- but it was agreed that a man in an attack of neuralgy wasn't to be judged of by the rules that applied to other folks."