algesia

[ al-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh ]

/ ælˈdʒi zi ə, -si ə /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.

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Origin of algesia

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

OTHER WORDS FROM algesia

al·ge·sic

[al-jee-zik, -sik], /ælˈdʒi zɪk, -sɪk/, adjective

Words nearby algesia

Algerian, Algerian stripe, algerienne, Algerine, Algernon, algesia, algesimeter, algetic, Al-Ghazzali, Alghero, -algia

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British Dictionary definitions for algesia

algesia

/ (ælˈdʒiːzɪə, -sɪə) /

noun

physiol the capacity to feel pain

Derived forms of algesia

algesic or algetic, adjective

Word Origin for algesia

New Latin from Greek algēsis sense of pain

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