algesia

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

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.

algesia

/ -sɪə, ælˈdʒiːzɪə /

noun

1. physiol the capacity to feel pain

Other Word Forms

• algesic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of algesia¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of algesia¹

New Latin from Greek algēsis sense of pain

Example Sentences

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

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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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