facial neuralgia

noun Pathology.

1. paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.

noun

1. a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerveAlso called: trigeminal neuralgia

n.

1800, French, literally “painful twitching;” see tic.

n.

1. trigeminal neuralgia