analgesia

noun an·al·ge·sia \ˌa-n^əl-ˈjē-zh(ē-)ə, -zē-ə\

medical : the loss of the ability to feel pain while conscious

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: insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

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New Latin, from Greek analgēsia, from an- + algēsis sense of pain, from algein to suffer pain, from algos pain

First Known Use: circa 1706

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noun an·al·ge·sia \ˌan-^əl-ˈjē-zhə, -z(h)ē-ə\

: insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

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