neuropathic pain

neuropathic pain (countable and uncountable, plural neuropathic pains)

1. (medicine) Pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord.
   • 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 343:

     All of the neuropathic pain was back in her hands, a continuous sparkling flare, like being pricked by glass splinters.

• nociceptive pain
• psychogenic pain