Nervous
neuralgia
noo-RAL-jee-uh
StatusNew
Definition
Intense pain along the course of a nerve
PathologyNervous
Breakdown
Root
neur/o
nerve
Suffix
-algia
pain
Etymology
Greek: neur/o (nerve) + -algia (pain)
Practice
Related Terms
neurology
noo-ROL-oh-jee
Medical specialty dealing with the nervous system
Nervousneur/o
neuropathy
noo-ROP-uh-thee
Disease or dysfunction of peripheral nerves
Nervousneur/o
cephalgia
sef-AL-jee-uh
Headache; pain in the head
Nervouscephal/o
myalgia
my-AL-jee-uh
Muscle pain
Musculoskeletalmy/o
polyneuropathy
pol-ee-noo-ROP-uh-thee
Disease affecting multiple peripheral nerves
Nervousneur/o
fibromyalgia
fy-broh-my-AL-jee-uh
Chronic condition with widespread muscle pain and fatigue
Musculoskeletalmy/o