tic douloureux

[ tik doo-luh-roo; French teek doo-loo-rœ ]
/ ˈtɪk ˌdu ləˈru; French tik du luˈrœ /

noun Pathology.

paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
Also called facial neuralgia, trifacial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia.

Origin of tic douloureux

1790–1800; < French: literally, painful tic

Words nearby tic douloureux

tibiofibular, tibiotarsus, tibullus, tibur, tic, tic douloureux, tic-tac-toe, tical, ticarcillin disodium, tichy, ticino

Example sentences from the Web for facial neuralgia

  • We had heard a great deal of his curing a blacksmith of tic-douloureux by mesmerizing him.

    Life in the Clearings versus the Bush |Susanna Moodie

  • Whilst at Bijnore, I was seized with an attack of tic-douloureux, and suffered all its extreme agonies.

    Wanderings in India |John Lang

British Dictionary definitions for facial neuralgia

tic douloureux
/ (ˈtɪk ˌduːləˈruː) /

noun

a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve Also called: trigeminal neuralgia

Word Origin for tic douloureux

C19: from French, literally: painful tic

Medical definitions for facial neuralgia

tic douloureux
[ dōō′lə-rōō′ ]

n.

trigeminal neuralgia