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analgesia

[ an-l-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

absence of sense of pain.

analgesia

/ ˌænəlˈdʒiːzɪə; -sɪə; ænˈældʒɪə /

noun

inability to feel pain
the relief of pain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of analgesia¹

1700–10; < New Latin < Greek analgēsía painlessness, equivalent to análgēt ( os ) without pain ( an- an- ¹ + álg ( os ) pain + -ētos adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of analgesia¹

C18: via New Latin from Greek: insensibility, from an- + algēsis sense of pain

anal fin analgesic

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