trigeminal neuralgia
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- noun
- /traɪˈdʒɛmɪnəl nɜrˈælʤə/
- Specialized
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neuralgia del trigémino
- A series of 106 operations of retrolabyrinthine selective posterior root section of the trigeminal nerve for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia is reported.
- treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
Examples
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He was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia after experiencing intense facial pain for several months.
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Often, the cause is trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder characterized by paroxysmal brief attacks of severe pain within the distribution of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve.
Academic text (1996) -
Some years later, Mohanty et al. reported that trigeminal neuralgia was the most common initial finding.
Academic text (2006) -
Patients frequently consult otolaryngologists for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
Academic text (1996) -
One patient had both left trigeminal neuralgia of the third division and left glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
Academic text (1996) -
Multiple sclerosis is the most common cause, prior to age 50, of trigeminal neuralgia, a particularly painful syndrome (6).
Academic text (2000) -
This communication reports the results of 106 operations and demonstrates that the procedure provides lasting relief from intractable pain of trigeminal neuralgia with minimal morbidity.
Academic text (1996) -
Patients with trigeminal neuralgia often describe a sudden, severe, stabbing pain in their face.
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Treatment options for trigeminal neuralgia include medications and surgical interventions to relieve pain.
Synonyms
Severe sudden pain on one side of the face when a nerve sends wrong signals
A nerve illness that causes very strong pain in the face and can make people think about ending their life
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is fully compositional: 'trigeminal' identifies the trigeminal nerve and 'neuralgia' denotes sharp nerve pain, so together they straightforwardly mean pain of the trigeminal nerve. Although both elements are medicalized, if a learner knows those constituent meanings the compound meaning is directly derivable and parallels equivalent medical formations in other languages.
Etymology
Trigeminal neuralgia: The medical name trigeminal neuralgia comes from the face nerve that has three branches: trigeminal points to 'three' and neuralgia means 'nerve pain'. Imagine one thin nerve with three branches suddenly sending sharp, electric shocks to parts of the face, so the name describes the sudden, severe pain along that nerve.