Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pain in the spine, especially neuralgic pain. Also
rhachialgia . - noun Painters' colic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A painful affection of the spine; especially,
Pott's disease ; also, formerly, lead colic.
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- noun medicine A
painful condition of thespine , especiallyPott's disease or (formerly) lead colic.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rakhis, "backbone") + ἄλγος (algos, "pain") + -ia.
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