NEPHRALGIA

nephralgia

(noun) pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nephralgia (countable and uncountable, plural nephralgias)

Neuralgia (i.e. pain) of the kidneys.

Anagrams

• phrenalgia

Source: Wiktionary


Ne*phral"gi*a, Ne*phral"gy, n. Etym: [NL. nephralgia, fr. Gr. néphralgie.] (Med.)

Definition: Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter. Quain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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