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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)

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sef-AL-jee-uh
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fy-broh-my-AL-jee-uh
Pathology

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