Etymology

causalgia

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Today it means: A disorder with intense burning pain, type 2 of two types of complex regional pain syndrome. Full definition →

New Latin causalgia ← Ancient Greek καῦσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαῦσος“burning heat”
  2. New Latin · derived fromcausalgia
  3. English todaycausalgia

From New Latin causalgia, from Ancient Greek καῦσος (kaûsos, “burning heat”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, caus- + -algia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαῦσος all →

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