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causalgia definition

cau·sal·gia (kô zal′jē ə, -jə)

noun

a condition of severe burning pain, usually caused by a peripheral nerve injury

Etymology: ModL < Gr kausos, fever, heat (see caustic) + -algia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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