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MeSH Heading: Neuralgia
Tree Number(s): C10.668.829.600; C23.888.592.612.664; F02.830.816.444.515; G11.561.790.444.538
Unique ID: D009437
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009437
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific nerve (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note: Intense or aching pain that occurs along the course or distribution of a peripheral or cranial nerve.
Entry Term(s): Nerve Pain; Neuralgia, Atypical; Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric Nerve; Neuralgia, Ilioinguinal; Neuralgia, Perineal; Neuralgia, Stump; Neuralgia, Supraorbital; Neuralgia, Vidian; Neurodynia; Neuropathic Pain; Paroxysmal Nerve Pain
NLM Classification #: WL 544
Public MeSH Note: 1966
History Note: 1966
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Neuralgia MeSH Descriptor Data 2026