algesia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French algésie, either a back-formation from analgésie (“analgesia”) – the form *ἀλγησία (*algēsía) is not found in Ancient Greek – or formed directly from Ancient Greek ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”) + -ie (“-ia”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ælˈdʒiːzɪə/, /-sɪə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun[edit]
algesia (plural algesias)
- (medicine) sensitivity to pain
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
algesia f (plural algesie)
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: al‧ge‧si‧a
Noun[edit]
algesia f (uncountable)
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