请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 tic douloureux
释义

tic douloureux

[ tik -doo-luh-roo; French teek doo-loo-rœ ]
/ ˈtɪk ˌdu ləˈru; French tik du luˈrœ /

noun Pathology.

paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
Also called facial neuralgia, trifacial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia.

Origin of tic douloureux

1790–1800; <French: literally, painful tic

Words nearby tic douloureux

Tibullus, Tibur, tic, tical, ticarcillin disodium, tic douloureux, tichy, Ticino, tick, tick bird, tick-borne
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for tic douloureux

  • We had heard a great deal of his curing a blacksmith of tic-douloureux by mesmerizing him.

    Life in the Clearings versus the Bush|Susanna Moodie
  • Whilst at Bijnore, I was seized with an attack of tic-douloureux, and suffered all its extreme agonies.

    Wanderings in India|John Lang

British Dictionary definitions for tic douloureux

tic douloureux
/ (ˈtɪk ˌduːləˈruː) /

noun

a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerveAlso called: trigeminal neuralgia

Word Origin for tic douloureux

C19: from French, literally: painful tic
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for tic douloureux

tic douloureux
[ dōō′lə-rōō ]

n.

trigeminal neuralgia
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/22 10:25:57