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tic douloureux
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synonyms: face ague, Trigeminal neuralgia, TN ???
tags: [pathosis]
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Definition:(Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles;Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
image: By Edvard Munch, The Scream (1893)
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Of new-fangled diseases she had a perfect horror, speaking of them more in anger than in sorrow, as of things which never should have been introduced. [...] To it, however, as Tic Doloro, she gave a qualified recognition, allowing its right to existence, but condemning it as outlandish, and a gentry’s ailment, which the gentry should keep to themselves.
Humours of Irish Life: John Stevenson. The Wise Woman
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"He may have been taking an opiate," was a thought that crossed Mr. Farebrother's mind—"tic-douloureux perhaps—or medical worries."
George Eliot. Middlemarch
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