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Algesia

//ælˈdʒiːzɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    sensitivity to pain

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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”).

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