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Neuralgic

Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.

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Neuralgia 74% connected

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 it…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Neuralgia 74% connected

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 it…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Neuralgy 74% connected

Neuralgia.

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Neuralgy 74% connected

Neuralgia.

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Neuralgia 66% connected

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 it…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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