nephralgian.
/nɛˈfraldʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /nəˈfrældʒ(i)ə/ Medicine.
Pain in, or in the region of, the kidney.
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nephralgia1800
renal colic1808
Dietl's crisis1897
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 109 Nephralgia.
1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 353 The main causes of nephralgia are very acid urine, kidney-stone [etc.].
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 482 Nephralgia is perhaps the commonest of the abdominal neuroses.
1966 E. E. Fraley in New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 22 Dec. 1403 (title) Vascular obstruction of superior infundibulum causing nephralgia. A new syndrome.
1988 Urol. Radiol. 10 103 Work-up revealed the presence of a crossing arterial branch causing obstruction of the superior infundibulum of the right kidney, which is an uncommon cause of nephralgia and urinary infection initially described by Fraley in 1966.
Derivatives
neˈphralgic adj. of, relating to, or of the nature of nephralgia.
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nephralgic1811
1811 Monthly Rev. 64 17 In 1800 he was attacked by a violent nephralgic complaint.
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Nephralgic crisis, the paroxysmal pain of locomotor ataxy which is felt in the loins.
1991 Morton's Med. Bibliogr. (ed. 5) 650 Dietl described the sudden severe attacks of nephralgic or gastric pain, chills, fever, nausea and vomiting, and general collapse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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