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noun
A disorder with intense burning pain, type 2 of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome, syndrome, disease, condition
noun
a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pain, hurting
History
From New Latin causalgia, from Ancient Greek καῦσος (kaûsos, “burning heat”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, caus- + -algia.
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