Meanings
plural neuralgias
- countablefigurativelyuncountableAcute emotional distress.
Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.
2022 December 26, Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, George Barros, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26”, in understandingwar.org, Institute for the Study of War, archived from the original on 27 Dec 20221 more example
A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia.
2022 December 8, Philip Stephens, “Neuralgia clashes with exceptionalism in Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times, retrieved 16 Feb 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον“nerve”
- New Latinneuralgia
- Englishneuralgia
From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
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Afrikaans senupyn, senuweepyn
- senupynnerve pain
- senuweepynnerve pain
Catalan neuràlgia
- neuràlgianerve pain
Chinese Mandarin 神經痛 /神经痛
- 神經痛 /神经痛 (shénjīngtòng)nerve pain
Czech neuralgie
- neuralgienerve pain
Dutch zenuwpijn, neuralgie
- zenuwpijnnerve pain
- neuralgienerve pain
Esperanto neŭralgio
- neŭralgionerve pain
Finnish hermosärky, neuralgia
- hermosärkynerve pain
- neuralgianerve pain
French névralgie
- névralgienerve pain
German Neuralgie
- Neuralgienerve pain
Greek νευραλγία
- νευραλγία (nevralgía)nerve pain
Irish néarailge
- néarailgenerve pain
Italian nevralgia
- nevralgianerve pain
Japanese 神経痛
- 神経痛 (shinkeitsū)nerve pain
Polish nerwoból, newralgia
- nerwobólnerve pain
- newralgianerve pain
- neuralgianerve pain
Portuguese nevralgia, neuralgia
- nevralgianerve pain
- neuralgianerve pain
Russian невралги́я
- невралги́я (nevralgíja)nerve pain
Scottish Gaelic nearbh-phian
- nearbh-phiannerve pain
Spanish neuralgia
- neuralgianerve pain
Tagalog sakit-dagandam
- sakit-dagandamnerve pain
Tamil குடைச்சல்
- குடைச்சல் (kuṭaiccal)nerve pain
Turkish nevralji
- nevraljinerve pain
Cite this entry
neuralgia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuralgia
“neuralgia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuralgia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuralgia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuralgia.
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