neuralgic
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9.9
- adjective
- /nɜːrˈæl.dʒɪk/
- Specialized
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neuralgico
- The doctor explained that her neuralgic symptoms were causing intense pain along the nerve pathways in her head.
- neuralgic point
Examples
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During the consultation, he described the neuralgic discomfort he felt in his back, which radiated down his leg.
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Patients suffering from neuralgic pain often find it debilitating and difficult to manage.
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And of course, neither of them even come close to touching on the religious liberty question, which is the neuralgic issue.
Blog text (22) -
Ministry is a particularly neuralgic problem for Catholic authorities, and it will remain so into the conceivable future.
Academic text (2002) -
Again, the challenge of understanding the problem of evil is a neuralgic point both in Royce and in Steiner.
Academic text (1991) -
The credibility of Catholics in the professoriate, in the view of their Protestant colleagues, became a neuralgic issue.
Academic text (2010) -
Understanding why this has happened will not make the results any less dumb than U.S. foreign policy, nor will it make the extraterritorial aspects any less neuralgic for Ottawa.
Academic text (1998) -
Recognition of ministry is a painfully acute question, made all the more neuralgic by disagreement on the ordination of women among our closest dialogue partners.
Academic text (2002) -
But let us take a more neuralgic matter still: what about the historic Islamic prohibition against apostasy, and the draconian penalties entailed?
Blog text (28) -
The Reformers vehemently attacked the Catholic belief in and practice of the cult of the saints, since it implicated all the neuralgic points of dispute among 16th-century Christians.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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8.1
Relating to pain or problems in the nerves
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Morphology
Etymology
The word neuralgic comes from the Greek parts neuron 'nerve' and algos 'pain'. So it literally means 'nerve pain', which is why we use it for sharp, often sudden pain along a nerve.