Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an intense burning pain.
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- noun medicine An intense burning
pain .
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- noun a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes
Etymologies
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek καυσός (kausos, "burning") + ἄλγος (algos, "pain").
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Examples
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CRPS II, previously called causalgia (a term coined in the American Civil War when it was first diagnosed), follows partial damage to a nerve.
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CRPS II, previously called causalgia (a term coined in the American Civil War when it was first diagnosed), follows partial damage to a nerve.
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Since then the phenomenon has been observed and reported on by thousands of doctors, acquiring over the years a bewildering collection of names, including causalgia (Greek for
Chicago Reader 2010
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