neuralgia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/ (UK)
Etymology
From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Acute emotional distress.
Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.
2022 December 26, Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, George Barros, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26”, in understandingwar.org, Institute for the Study of War, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2022:A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia.
2022 December 8, Philip Stephens, “Neuralgia clashes with exceptionalism in Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times, retrieved 16 Feb 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| neuralgias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
neuralgic · odontoneuralgia · corneal neuralgia · neuralgiform · red neuralgia · trigeminal neuralgia
Hyponyms
Relateds
neuritis · neuropathy · analgesia · polyneuropathy · pantalgia
Synonyms
Translations (30)
ga néarailge (nerve pain) · pl newralgia (nerve pain) · ja 神経痛 (nerve pain) · nl neuralgie (nerve pain) · tl sakit-dagandam (nerve pain) · cs neuralgie (nerve pain) · pl nerwoból (nerve pain) · it nevralgia (nerve pain) · el νευραλγία (nerve pain) · es neuralgia (nerve pain) · gd nearbh-phian (nerve pain) · nrf ceingl'ye (nerve pain) · io nevralgio (nerve pain) · pt nevralgia (nerve pain) · cmn 神經痛 /神经痛 (nerve pain) · nrf tic douloureux (nerve pain) · ru невралги́я (nerve pain) · eo neŭralgio (nerve pain) · af senuweepyn (nerve pain) · tr nevralji (nerve pain) · pl neuralgia (nerve pain) · pt neuralgia (nerve pain) · fi hermosärky (nerve pain) · ta குடைச்சல் (nerve pain) · af senupyn (nerve pain) · fr névralgie (nerve pain) · ca neuràlgia (nerve pain) · nl zenuwpijn (nerve pain) · de Neuralgie (nerve pain) · fi neuralgia (nerve pain)