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analgesia

an·al·ge·si·a
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [an-l-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh]
    • /ˌæn lˈdʒi zi ə, -si ə/
    • /ænælˈʤiːzɪə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-l-jee-zee-uh, -see-uh]
    • /ˌæn lˈdʒi zi ə, -si ə/

Definitions of analgesia word

  • noun analgesia inability to feel pain 3
  • noun analgesia the relief of pain 3
  • noun analgesia a fully conscious state in which a person does not feel painful stimuli 3
  • noun analgesia absence of sense of pain. 1
  • noun analgesia The inability to feel pain. 1
  • noun analgesia pain relief 1

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Origin of analgesia

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
1700-10; < New Latin < Greek analgēsía painlessness, equivalent to análgēt(os) without pain (an- an-1 + álg(os) pain + -ētos adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

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Parts of speech for Analgesia

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

analgesia popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

analgesia usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for analgesia

noun analgesia

  • numbness — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
  • stupor — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
  • unconsciousness — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
  • insentient — not sentient; without sensation or feeling; inanimate.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.

Antonyms for analgesia

noun analgesia

  • consciousness — Your consciousness is your mind and your thoughts.
  • concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
  • interest — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
  • sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.

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