Facial-neuralgia
noun, Pathology.
1.
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[tik doo-luh-roo; French teek doo-loo-rœ] /ˈtɪk ˌdu ləˈru; French tik du luˈrœ/
noun, Pathology.
1.
paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
/ˈtɪk ˌduːləˈruː/
noun
1.
a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve Also called trigeminal neuralgia
n.
1800, French, literally “painful twitching;” see tic.
tic douloureux tic dou·lou·reux (dōō’lə-rōō’)
n.
See trigeminal neuralgia.
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