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algesia
[ al-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh ]
noun
Medicine/Medical.
- sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.
algesia
/ -sɪə; ælˈdʒiːzɪə /
noun
- physiol the capacity to feel pain
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· [al-, jee, -zik, -sik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of algesia1
New Latin from Greek ŧ sense of pain
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Example Sentences
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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.
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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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