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neuralgia

nounCommon GRE wordMore N words

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

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Neuralgia in a sentence

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

Synonyms
nerve painpainache
Antonyms

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Modern editors have softened many passages that earlier audiences accepted without protest, finding blank what their grandparents had regarded as merely robust and good-humored.

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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.

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