analgesia

(an′əl jē′zē ə, -sē ə)

noun

a fully conscious state in which a person does not feel painful stimuli

Origin: ModL < Gr analgēsia < an-, without + algēsia, pain < algos, pain

See analgesia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A deadening or absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness.

Origin:

Origin: Greek analgēsiā

Origin: : an-, without; see a-¹

Origin: + algēsiā, pain (from algein, to feel pain, from algos, pain)

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