causalgia
IPA: kɔzˈæɫdʒʌ
noun
- (medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, one of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
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Examples of "causalgia" in Sentences
- CRPS II, previously called causalgia (a term coined in the American Civil War when it was first diagnosed), follows partial damage to a nerve.
- Since then the phenomenon has been observed and reported on by thousands of doctors, acquiring over the years a bewildering collection of names, including causalgia (Greek for
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