causalgia

English

Etymology

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

Noun

causalgia (countable and uncountable, plural causalgias)

1. (medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, one of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.

Hypernyms

• complex regional pain syndrome

Coordinate terms

• reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Translations

intense burning pain

• Czech: kausalgie f
• French: causalgie (fr)

Further reading

• “causalgia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “causalgia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.