anodynia

English

Etymology 1

an- +‎ -odynia.

Noun

anodynia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The absence of pain in a previously painful region.

Hypernyms

• analgesia
• analgia
• antalgesia

Related terms

• anodyne

Translations

absence of pain

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Etymology 2

ano- +‎ -dynia

Noun

anodynia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Anal pain; anorectal pain.
   • 2013, Tomasz F. Mroczkowski, ‎Larry E. Millikan, ‎Lawrence Charles Parish, Genital and Perianal Diseases: A Color Handbook (page 260)

     Anodynia (anorectal pain) most frequently occurs together with other pain syndromes, like vulvodynia or phallodynia, but sometimes it may be isolated.

Synonyms

• proctalgia

See also

• analgia (which seems like it might mean "anal pain" (ano- +‎ -algia) but which actually means "no pain" (an- +‎ -algia))