ἀναλγησία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνάλγητος (análgētos, without pain), from ἀν- (an-, not) +‎ ἀλγέω (algéō, feel bodily pain, suffer) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀναλγησίᾱ (analgēsíāf (genitive ἀναλγησίᾱς); first declension

  1. Want of feeling, insensibility.

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: analgesia

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