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Neuralgia not primarily involving the nerve structure but occurring as a symptom of local or systemic disease.  

Neuralgia due to irritation of nerves at the site of an amputation.  

Neuralgia of the sphenopalatine ganglion, causing pain in the area of the upper jawbone and radiating into the neck and shoulders. There is pain on one side of the face radiating to the eyeball, ear, and occipital and mastoid areas of the skull, and sometimes to the nose, upper teeth, and shoulder on the same…

Any of the nerves that supply sweat glands.  

A nerve whose stimulation excites secretion in a gland or a tissue.  

Nephritis associated with abscesses in the kidney.  

Acute glomerulonephritis complicating scarlet fever.  

A specially designed needle for the administration of intravenous fluids, with a flat flange on each side to facilitate anchoring it after its placement in a small vein.  

Necrosis affecting only the outer layers of bone or any tissue.  

An inflammatory disorder of fat tissue that may occur in the newborn at the site of application of forceps during delivery, and occasionally in premature infants. The cause is unknown.