algesia

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒiːzɪə/, /-sɪə/

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algesia (plural algesias)

1. (medicine) sensitivity to pain

From Ancient Greek ἄλγησις (álgēsis) +‎ -ia, ultimately from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

• IPA^(key): /al.d͡ʒeˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: al‧ge‧sì‧a

algesia f (plural algesie)

1. (medicine) algesia

• algesia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• algesia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• algesia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• algesìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• algesìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Ancient Greek ἄλγησις (álgēsis) +‎ -ia, ultimately from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ge‧si‧a

algesia f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) algesia (sensitivity to pain)

   Synonym: algestesia

• “algesia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “algesia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “algesia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “algesia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “algesia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025