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causalgia

 
(kö′zal·jē·ə)

(medicine) A sensation of burning pain, especially of the palms and soles, which may be of psychic or organic origin.


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A very unpleasant burning pain felt in a limb in which a peripheral nerve has been traumatized.

(kô-săl'jē-ə, -jə, -zăl'-)
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A persistent, severe burning sensation of the skin, usually following injury to a peripheral nerve.

(kôzal′jə)
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A postextraction localized pain phenomenon usually characterized by a continuous burning sensation.

 
 
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