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algesia

noun
/ælˈdʒiːzɪə/

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”).

  1. derived from ἄλγησις — “sense of pain”
  2. borrowed from algésie

Definitions

  1. sensitivity to pain

The neighborhood

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