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Definition of Neuralgia

1. Noun. Acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves.

Definition of Neuralgia

1. n. A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.

Definition of Neuralgia

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Medical Definition of Neuralgia

1. Paroxysmal pain which extends along the course of one or more nerves. Many varieties of neuralgia are distinguished according to the part affected or to the cause, as brachial, facial, occipital, supraorbital, etc. Or anaemic, diabetic, gouty, malarial, syphilitic, etc. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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