Defn: A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison.
NEURALGIC
Neu*ral"gic, a.
Defn: of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.
NEURALGY
Neu*ral"gy, n.
Defn: Neuralgia.
NEURAPOPHYSIAL
Neu*rap`o*phys"i*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: of or pertaining to a neurapophysis.
NEURAPOPHYSIS Neu`ra*poph"y*sis, n.; pl. Neurapophyses. Etym: [NL. See Neuro-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) (a) One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch. (b) The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.
NEURASTHENIA
Neu*ras`the*ni"a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.