neuralgia

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See also: neuralgią

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

neuralgia (countable and uncountable, plural neuralgias)

  1. (pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
  2. (figurative) Acute emotional distress.
    • 2022 December 8, Philip Stephens, “Neuralgia clashes with exceptionalism in Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times, retrieved 2023-02-16:
      A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia.
    • 2022 December 26, Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, George Barros, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26”, in understandingwar.org, Institute for the Study of War, archived from the original on 2022-12-27:
      Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English neuralgia), ultimately from New Latin neuralgia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneu̯rɑlɡiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): neu‧ral‧gi‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): neu‧ral‧gia

Noun

neuralgia

  1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Declension

Inflection of neuralgia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative neuralgia neuralgiat
genitive neuralgian neuralgioiden
neuralgioitten
partitive neuralgiaa neuralgioita
illative neuralgiaan neuralgioihin
singular plural
nominative neuralgia neuralgiat
accusative nom. neuralgia neuralgiat
gen. neuralgian
genitive neuralgian neuralgioiden
neuralgioitten
neuralgiain rare
partitive neuralgiaa neuralgioita
inessive neuralgiassa neuralgioissa
elative neuralgiasta neuralgioista
illative neuralgiaan neuralgioihin
adessive neuralgialla neuralgioilla
ablative neuralgialta neuralgioilta
allative neuralgialle neuralgioille
essive neuralgiana neuralgioina
translative neuralgiaksi neuralgioiksi
abessive neuralgiatta neuralgioitta
instructive neuralgioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of neuralgia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English neuralgia, from New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, nerve) + ἄλγος (álgos, pain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛwˈral.ɡja/
  • Rhymes: -alɡja
  • Syllabification: neu‧ral‧gia

Noun

neuralgia f

  1. (neurology, pathology) neuralgia (severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve)
    Synonyms: nerwoból, newralgia

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  • neuralgia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • neuralgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: neu‧ral‧gi‧a

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

  1. Alternative form of nevralgia

Spanish

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Etymology

From neuro- +‎ -algia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neuˈɾalxja/
  • Rhymes: -alxja
  • Syllabification: neu‧ral‧gia

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

  1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

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