Neuralgic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person afflicted by neuralgia.

    "A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia wordnet

Synonyms

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allergicanemicarthriticbiliouscarcinogeniccolicky

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"A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]"

Etymology

From neuralgia + -ic.

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