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analgesia

anal·ge·sia

UK/ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/ US/ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒə/ uncommon

noun

1.

absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness

Origin

From New Latin analgēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησίᾱ (analgēsíā, “want of feeling, insensibility”), from ἀνάλγητος (análgētos), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλγέω (algéō, “feel bodily pain, suffer”) + -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Phrases

  • congenital analgesia

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