-algia

variant of algo- as final element of a compound word: neuralgia.

Origin of -algia

<New Latin <Greek; see algo-, -ia

Also -algy.

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How to use -algia in a sentence

He cannot bear that Algia should dance before strangers, but what can he do?
Desert Air | Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for -algia

-algia

n combining form

denoting pain or a painful condition of the part specified: neuralgia; odontalgia

Origin of -algia

from Greek algos pain

Derived forms of -algia

-algic, adj combining form

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