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neuralgic

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ældʒɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person afflicted by neuralgia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • neuralgic pains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English neuralgia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English neuralgic From neuralgia + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: neuràlgic — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Dutch: neuralgisch — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Finnish: neuralginen — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • French: névralgique — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • German: neuralgisch — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Greek: νευραλγικός (nevralgikós) — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Irish: néarailgeach — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Italian: nevralgico — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Russian: невралги́ческий (nevralgíčeskij) — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Swedish: neuralgisk — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Turkish: nevraljik — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia
  • Ukrainian: невралгі́чний (nevralhíčnyj) — pertaining to or affected by neuralgia