analgesia
English
Alternative forms
- antalgesia (rare)
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).
Pronunciation
- (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
analgesia (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.
- 1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Most physical distress yields to some analgesia—not so depression.
Usage notes
Analgesia (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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References
- “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
Etymology
Internationalism (see English analgesia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnɑlɡesiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nɑ̝lˌɡe̞s̠iɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -esiɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧nal‧ge‧si‧a
Declension
Inflection 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 analgesiainrare | ||
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. |
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Further reading
- “analgesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Etymology
From New Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía, “want of feeling, insensibility”), from ἀνάλγητος (análgētos), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλγέω (algéō, “feel bodily pain, suffer”) + -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [analˈɡesia̯]
- Hyphenation: anal‧gé‧sia
Noun
analgésia (first-person possessive analgesiaku, second-person possessive analgesiamu, third-person possessive analgesianya)
- analgesia: the inability to feel pain.
Related terms
- analgesik
Further reading
- “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.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.ɐ/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.a/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.nal.ʒɨˈzi.ɐ/ [ɐ.naɫ.ʒɨˈzi.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: a‧nal‧ge‧si‧a
Noun
analgesia f (plural analgesias)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /analˈxesja/ [a.nalˈxe.sja]
- Rhymes: -esja
- Syllabification: a‧nal‧ge‧sia
Related terms
Further reading
- “analgesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014