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neuralgia

/njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
neu-ral-gia
IPA
/njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Acute emotional distress.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: neuralgia, νεῦρον

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

neuralgias (plural)

Derived Forms

neuralgic neuralgiform odontoneuralgia

Phrases

corneal neuralgia red neuralgia trigeminal neuralgia

Frequently Paired Words

analgesia neuritis neuropathy pantalgia polyneuropathy

Synonyms

neuralgy neurodynia

Questions

How do you pronounce neuralgia?
The recorded pronunciation is /njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/.
What does neuralgia mean?
An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
Where does neuralgia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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