-algia

1. variant of algo- as final element of a compound word.

   neuralgia.

-algia

combining form

1. denoting pain or a painful condition of the part specified

   neuralgia

   odontalgia

Other Word Forms

• -algic combining form

Word History and Origins

Origin of -algia¹

< New Latin < Greek; algo-, -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of -algia¹

from Greek algos pain

Example Sentences

Algia Mae Hinton, whose mother taught her music during breaks from farm work.

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To get at that thread, Clayton and McElroen took six research trips to Durham, the hub of the Carolina tobacco industry in the 1920s and 1930s, where they filmed and listened to music and reminiscences from such octogenarian musicians as John Dee Holeman, Algia Mae Hinton and Drink Small.

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“Any time you can sit with somebody, whether it’s Drink or Algia, people who are in their 80s and hear just a sliver of what their journey has been, those are good days,” McElroen said.

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Matthews went to meet some of those still alive, including 80-year-old Algia Mae Hinton who had, Matthews noted sweetly, had her hair done specially for the interview.

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He cannot bear that Algia should dance before strangers, but what can he do?

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When To Use

What does -algia mean?

The combining form -algia is used like a suffix meaning “pain.” It is often used in medical terms, especially in pathology.The form -algia comes from the Greek álgos, meaning “pain.” Similar in meaning and use to algo- are odyno- and -odynia, which derive from odýnē, also meaning “pain.”What are variants of -algia?In rare instances, a variant of the combining form -algia is -algy, as in coxalgy.A corresponding form of -algia combined to the beginning of words is algo-, as in algophobia. Learn more about these forms in our Words That Use articles for each.