neuralgia
1 synonym for neuralgia, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A sharp, severe pain that comes and goes along the path of a nerve.
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neuralgy
Etymology
This word comes from New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, "nerve") plus ἄλγος (álgos, "pain"). By surface analysis it can be broken down as neur- + -algia.
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