neuralgiacadj.n.
/njᵿˈraldʒɪak/, /njʊəˈraldʒɪak/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrældʒiˌæk/ rare.
A. adj.
= neuralgic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [adjective] > in nerves
neuralgic1829
neuralgiac1877
1877 J. W. Wheatley Jrnl. 3 Feb. in www.wallandbinkley.com 3 May (O.E.D. Archive) Went up town in the morning. Have neuralgiac pains in my head.
2001 R. Rosini Opportunities for Adriatic Transport Syst. (World Bank) in (Electronic text) 6 From the point of view of EDI, transport is seen as a neuralgiac point, where there is unfortunately a lot of waste.
B. n.
A person affected with neuralgia.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in nerves > person
neuralgiac1897
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 482 The risk of permitting any of these abdominal neuralgiacs themselves to get hold of opium in any of its forms.
2002 Hutchinson Encycl. in www.tiscali.co.uk 3 May (O.E.D. Archive) Neuralgiac, person suffering from neuralgia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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