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Neuralgia vs Bursitis - What's the difference?

neuralgia | bursitis |

As nouns the difference between neuralgia and bursitis

is that neuralgia is (pathology|neurology) an acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve while bursitis is (medicine) an inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee.

neuralgia

English

(wikipedia neuralgia)

Noun

  • (pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

    • Synonyms

    * neuralgy * neurodynia

    Hyponyms

    * sciatica

    Derived terms

    * neuralgic

    See also

    * neuritis

    External links

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    bursitis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bursitis)
  • (medicine) An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee