analgesia
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒi.ə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːʒə
Noun
editanalgesia (countable and uncountable, plural analgesias)
- (medicine) The inability to feel pain.
- Synonym: analgia
- epidural analgesia
- (pharmacology) An analgesic (medication that acts to relieve pain).
- apply an analgesia
- be under analgesia
- light analgesia
- She was able to take analgesia orally.
Usage notes
editAnalgesia (feeling no pain) is inherently related to anesthesia (feeling no stimulus at all, or almost none), and accordingly, the drug classes of analgesics and anesthetics overlap, with some shared members, although most pain relievers preserve sensation.
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- “analgesia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “analgesic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “analgesia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “analgesia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English analgesia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanalgesia
Declension
editInflection of analgesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | analgesia | analgesiat | |
genitive | analgesian | analgesioiden analgesioitten | |
partitive | analgesiaa | analgesioita | |
illative | analgesiaan | analgesioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | analgesia | analgesiat | |
accusative | nom. | analgesia | analgesiat |
gen. | analgesian | ||
genitive | analgesian | analgesioiden analgesioitten analgesiain rare | |
partitive | analgesiaa | analgesioita | |
inessive | analgesiassa | analgesioissa | |
elative | analgesiasta | analgesioista | |
illative | analgesiaan | analgesioihin | |
adessive | analgesialla | analgesioilla | |
ablative | analgesialta | analgesioilta | |
allative | analgesialle | analgesioille | |
essive | analgesiana | analgesioina | |
translative | analgesiaksi | analgesioiksi | |
abessive | analgesiatta | analgesioitta | |
instructive | — | analgesioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “analgesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía, “want of feeling, insensibility”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanalgésia (first-person possessive analgesiaku, second-person possessive analgesiamu, third-person possessive analgesianya)
- analgesia: the inability to feel pain.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “analgesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).
Noun
editanalgesia f (plural analgesie)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: a‧nal‧ge‧si‧a
Noun
editanalgesia f (plural analgesias)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editanalgesia f (plural analgesias)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “analgesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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