Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, pain in the kidneys; renal neuralgia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.
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- noun
neuralgia (pain) of thekidneys
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins)
Etymologies
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nephro- + -algia
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Examples
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Theology, "-- was principally composed during the period in which he was subject to attacks of that terribly malady, nephralgia.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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