neuralgia
/noo-ral-juh, nyoo-/US // nʊˈræl dʒə, nyʊ- //UK // (njʊˈrældʒɪə) //
神经痛,神经痛症,神经症,神经病
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Pathology.
- : sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
Examples
Menthol is used in medicine to relieve pain, as in rheumatism, neuralgia, throat affections and toothache.
Mrs. Nixon could give Scattergood no explanation, and she herself, in the midst of a spell of neuralgia, was distracted.
Mrs. Fullerton felt the influence of the weather, and complained of neuralgia and other ailments.
The most dangerous are those headache or neuralgia cures containing acetanilid.
In men doses of half a gramme (7·7 grains) act as an antipyretic, relieve neuralgia and have weak narcotic effects.
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