algesia

American

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

noun

Medicine/Medical.

sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.

algesia British

/ -sɪə, ælˈdʒiːzɪə /

noun

physiol the capacity to feel pain

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Other Word Forms

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

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

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