analgesia

[ an-l-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh ]
/ ˌæn lˈdʒi zi ə, -si ə /
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noun Medicine/Medical.

absence of sense of pain.

Origin of analgesia

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

Words nearby analgesia

analects, analects of confucius, the, analemma, analeptic, analeptic enema, analgesia, analgesia algera, analgesia dolorosa, analgesic, analgetic, anality

Words related to analgesia

inactivity, unconsciousness, stupor, lethargy, numbness, trance, apathy, torpor, stupefaction, coma, indifference, anesthesia, narcosis, insusceptibility, narcoma

British Dictionary definitions for analgesia

analgesia

analgia (ænˈældʒɪə)

/ (ˌænəlˈdʒiːzɪə, -sɪə) /

noun

inability to feel pain
the relief of pain

Word Origin for analgesia

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

Medical definitions for analgesia

analgesia
[ ăn′əl-jē′zē-ə, -zhə ]

n.

A deadening or absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness.