Category:Neuralgia

Neu*ral"gi*a, n. Etym: [nl., from gr. nerve.] (med.)

Defn: 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. Dunglison.