‖ nephralgia Path.
(nɛˈfrældʒɪə)
[mod.L., f. Gr. νεϕρ-ός kidney + -αλγία, f. ἄλγος pain.]
Pain in, or neuralgia of, the kidneys.
| 1800 Med. Jrnl. III. 109 Nephralgia. 1874 Van Buren & Keyes Dis. Genit. Org. 353 The main causes of nephralgia are very acid urine, kidney-stone [etc.]. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 482 Nephralgia is perhaps the commonest of the abdominal neuroses. |
Hence neˈphralgic a.
| 1811 Monthly Rev. LXIV. 17 In 1800 he was attacked by a violent nephralgic complaint. 1892 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Nephralgic crisis, the paroxysmal pain of locomotor ataxy which is felt in the loins. |