(from the article `nervous system, human`) ...over the face or in the oral cavity. Damage to the motor fibres results in paralysis of the masticatory muscles; as a result, the jaw may hang ... Numbness of the face is commonly due to compression of the trigeminal nerve caused by a tumour in the cranial cavity or nasopharynx or by a brain...
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<neurology> A disorder of trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) dysfunction. ... Synonym: tic douloureux. ... Characterised by excruciating paroxysms of pain in the lips, gums, cheek or chin, and, very rarely, in the distribution of the eye (ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. severe, paroxysmal bursts of pain in one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve; often induced by touching trigger points in or about the mouth. Synonyms: epileptiform neuralgia, facial neuralgia, Fothergill disease1, Fothergill neuralgia, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia
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Our Trigeminal neuralgia Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Trigeminal neuralgia Trigeminal neuralgia: Also called tic douloureux. Inflammation of the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve) that most commonly causes paroxysms of very intense lightning pain in the areas of the face the nerve supplies -- ...
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Facial neuralgia or tic doulourex.
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n] - intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve
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a disorder of the trigeminal nerve (a cranial nerve) that causes brief attacks of severe pain in the lips, cheeks, gums, or chin on one side of the face
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tic douloureux noun intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve
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