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 (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒi.ə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/
- 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).
- She was able to take analgesia orally.
- apply an analgesia
- be under analgesia
- light analgesia
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.
Derived terms
- analgesic
- congenital analgesia
- oligoanalgesia
Related terms
- algesia
- antalgesic
Translations
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See also
- painkiller
References
- analgesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “analgesic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “analgesia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “analgesia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English analgesia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnɑlɡesiɑ/, [ˈɑnɑlˌɡe̞s̠iɑ]
- Rhymes: -esiɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧nal‧ge‧si‧a
Noun
analgesia
- analgesia
Declension
| Inflection of analgesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | analgesioin | |
| abessive | analgesiatta | analgesioitta | |
| comitative | — | analgesioineen | |
| Possessive forms of analgesia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | analgesiani | analgesiamme |
| 2nd person | analgesiasi | analgesianne |
| 3rd person | analgesiansa | |
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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ana- + algesia.
Noun
analgesia f (plural analgesie)
- analgesia
Portuguese
Noun
analgesia f (plural analgesias)
- (medicine) analgesia (absence of the sense of pain)
- Synonym: analgia
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /analˈxesja/ [a.nalˈxe.sja]
- Rhymes: -esja
- Syllabification: a‧nal‧ge‧sia
Noun
analgesia f (plural analgesias)
- (medicine) analgesia (absence of the sense of pain)
Related terms
- analgésico
Further reading
- “analgesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014