different between neuralgic vs neuralgia

English

Etymology

neuralgia +? -ic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æld??k

Adjective

neuralgic (not comparable)

1. (neurology, pathology) Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.

Translations

Noun

neuralgic (plural neuralgics)

1. A person afflicted by neuralgia.
   • 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)

     A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]

Anagrams

• genicular

English

Etymology

From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”) + ????? (álgos, “pain”); synchronically, neur- +? -algia.

Noun

neuralgia (countable and uncountable, plural neuralgias)

1. (pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

Synonyms

• neuralgy
• neurodynia

Hyponyms

• sciatica

Derived terms

• neuralgic

Translations

See also

• neuritis

Further reading

• neuralgia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• neuralgia in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• neuralgia at OneLook Dictionary Search

Finnish

Noun

neuralgia

1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From English neuralgia, from New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “nerve”) + ????? (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??wral.??ja/

Noun

neuralgia f

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

   Synonyms: nerwoból, newralgia

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) neuralgiczny

Related terms

• (adverb) neuralgicznie

Further reading

• neuralgia in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• neuralgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

1. Alternative form of nevralgia

Spanish

Etymology

From neuro- +? -algia.

Noun

neuralgia f (plural neuralgias)

1. (pathology, neurology) neuralgia

Derived terms

• neurálgico