neuralgia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
    neuralgy.

WordNet

Neu*ral"gi*a noun
Etymology
NL., from gr. nerve + pain. See nerve.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison.

Webster 1913