analgesia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/ (General-American)
- /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒə/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒi.ə/ (General-American)
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).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The inability to feel pain.
epidural analgesia
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(countable, uncountable) A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.
This office procedure is quick and straightforward, but it does require some analgesia.
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(broadly, countable, metonymically, often, proscribed, uncountable) A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.
apply an analgesia
Most physical distress yields to some analgesia—not so depression.
1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:She was able to take analgesia orally.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| antalgesia | alternative | lexicographic | |
| analgesias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
anesthesia · anesthetic · anaesthesia
Deriveds
audioanalgesia · antianalgesia · cryoanalgesia · oligoanalgesia · electroanalgesia · analgesic · congenital analgesia
Relateds
painkiller · algesia · antalgesic
Synonyms
analgesic · pain relief · analgia
Translations (14)
es analgesia (absence of the sense of pain) · pt analgesia (absence of the sense of pain) · gl analxesia (absence of the sense of pain) · ru анальгезия (absence of the sense of pain) · ca analgèsia (absence of the sense of pain) · pl analgezja (absence of the sense of pain) · it analgesia (absence of the sense of pain) · fi analgesia (absence of the sense of pain) · pt analgia (absence of the sense of pain) · ca anàlgia (absence of the sense of pain) · fr analgésie (absence of the sense of pain) · fr analgie (absence of the sense of pain) · mk обезболување (absence of the sense of pain) · de Analgesie (absence of the sense of pain)