causalgia

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Etymology

From New Latin causalgia, from Ancient Greek καῦσος (kaûsos, burning heat) + ἄλγος (álgos, pain). By surface analysis, caus- +‎ -algia.

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causalgia (countable and uncountable, plural causalgias)

  1. (medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, type 2 of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
    Hypernyms: CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome < syndrome, disease < condition
    Coordinate terms: RSD (initialism), reflex sympathetic dystrophy, RND, reflex neurovascular dystrophy, algodystrophy

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