Causalgia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disorder with intense burning pain, type 2 of two types of complex regional pain syndrome. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin causalgia, from Ancient Greek καῦσος (kaûsos, “burning heat”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, caus- + -algia.

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