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Definition of Causalgia
1. Noun. A burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes.
Definition of Causalgia
1. Noun. (medicine) An intense burning pain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Causalgia
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Medical Definition of Causalgia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Causalgia
Literary usage of Causalgia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"causalgia is a term, chiefly employed by Weir Mitchell, to designate a ...
causalgia is distinguished from the pain of neuralgia or sciatica by the ..."
2. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"In cases of causalgia of longer duration, injection of 80% alcohol is advised.
... Thus in one case of injection of the sciatic for causalgia with all ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Complications The major potential complications of peripheral neuropathy are
contractures, causalgia (reflex sympathetic dystrophy), and osteoporosis. ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"The nerves with injury of which causalgia is usually associated are the median,
... In extreme cases of causalgia the skin is thin, smooth, and glossy. ..."
5. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"In true causalgia such measures will rarely be effective, and even such radical
treatment as the resection of the injured area of the nerve may fail to give ..."
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