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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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