neuralgic

English

Etymology

From neuralgia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ældʒɪk

Adjective

neuralgic (not comparable)

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

Translations

pertaining to or affected by neuralgia

• Catalan: neuràlgic
• Dutch: neuralgisch (nl)
• Finnish: neuralginen
• French: névralgique (fr)
• German: neuralgisch (de)
• Greek: νευραλγικός (el) (nevralgikós)
• Irish: néarailgeach
• Italian: nevralgico (it)
• Russian: невралги́ческий (ru) (nevralgíčeskij)
• Swedish: neuralgisk (sv)
• Turkish: nevraljik (tr)
• Ukrainian: невралгі́чний (nevralhíčnyj)

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