neuralgia

nounCommon GRE wordMore N words

intense pain along the course of a nerve, especially in the head or face

In a sentence

Neuralgia in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing neuralgia in a sentence.

She suffered from facial neuralgia that made even a gentle breeze painful.

Synonyms

nerve painpainache

Antonyms

None listed.

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Common questions

Neuralgia (noun) means intense pain along the course of a nerve, especially in the head or face

Here is neuralgia used in an example sentence: "She suffered from facial neuralgia that made even a gentle breeze painful."

Common synonyms for neuralgia include nerve pain, pain, ache.

Neuralgia is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.