Definition of ANALGESIA

analgesia

Plural: analgesias

Noun

  • absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
  • The inability to feel pain.
  • A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.
  • A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.

Examples

  • apply an analgesia
  • epidural analgesia
  • She was able to take analgesia orally.
  • This office procedure is quick and straightforward, but it does require some analgesia.

Origin / Etymology

From New Latin analgēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησίᾱ (analgēsíā, “want of feeling, insensibility”), from ἀνάλγητος (análgētos), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλγέω (algéō, “feel bodily pain, suffer”) + -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Synonyms

analgesic#Noun, analgia, pain relief

Scrabble Score: 10

analgesia: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
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analgesia: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

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