neuralgia
noun
- pain disorder characterize by pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/
noun
Etymology: From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
- An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
- Acute emotional distress.
“A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia.”
“Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.”