# neuralgia

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #66,868

## Definitions
1. An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
2. Acute emotional distress.

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

## Source
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