Algesia
//ælˈdʒiːzɪə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 sensitivity to pain
Etymology
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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