Persistent severe burning pain, usually following injury of a peripheral nerve (especially median and tibial) or the brachial plexus, accompanied by trophic changes. [G. kausis, burning, + algos, pain]
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cau·sal·gia kȯ-'zal-j(ē-)ə, -'sal- n a constant usu. burning pain resulting from injury to a peripheral nerve
cau·sal·gic -jik adj
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n.
an intensely unpleasant burning pain felt in a limb where there has been partial damage to the sympathetic and somatic sensory nerves.
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cau·sal·gia (kaw-zalґjə) [Gr. kausos heat + -algia] complex regional pain syndrome type 2.Medical dictionary. 2011.