Dictionary
tic dou•lou•reux
Pronunciation: (tik' dOO"lu-rOO'; Fr. tēk dOO-lOO-rœ'), [key] Pathol.
paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face. Also called
facial neuralgia, trifacial neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.