algesia

American

[al-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh] / ælˈdʒi zi ə, -si ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.

algesia British

/ ælˈdʒiːzɪə, -sɪə /

noun

physiol the capacity to feel pain

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algesic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of algesia

< New Latin < Greek álgēs ( is ) feeling of pain + New Latin -ia -ia

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Studies of human algesia have established that the musculoskeletal structures most sensitive to painful stimulation are the periosteum and joint capsules.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011

But when acute algesia is unaccompanied by any profounder phenomena they are undoubtedly able to bear it with a far greater show of resignation.

From In Defense of Women by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

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