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 (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒi.ə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

analgesia (countable and uncountable, plural analgesias)

1. (medicine) The inability to feel pain.

   Synonym: analgia

   epidural analgesia

2. (medicine) A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.

   Coordinate term: anaesthesia

   This office procedure is quick and straightforward, but it does require some analgesia.

3. (loosely, metonymically, often proscribed) A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.

   Synonym: analgesic

   Coordinate terms: anesthetic; anesthesia (likewise proscribed in such metonymic usage)

   apply an analgesia

   She was able to take analgesia orally.

   • 1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Most physical distress yields to some analgesia—not so depression.

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
• antianalgesia
• audioanalgesia
• congenital analgesia
• cryoanalgesia
• electroanalgesia
• oligoanalgesia

Related terms

• algesia
• antalgesic

Translations

absence of the sense of pain

Catalan: analgèsia (ca) f, anàlgia f Finnish: analgesia (fi) French: analgésie (fr) f, analgie (fr) f Galician: analxesia f German: Analgesie (de) f Italian: analgesia (it) f Macedonian: обезболување n (obezboluvanje) Polish: analgezja (pl) f Portuguese: analgesia (pt) f, analgia f Spanish: analgesia (es) f

See also

• painkiller

References

• “analgesia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “analgesic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “analgesia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “analgesia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English analgesia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɑlɡesiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nɑ̝lˌɡe̞s̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -esiɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): anal‧ge‧sia

Noun

analgesia

1. 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 analgesiain rare
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
abessive		analgesiatta	analgesioitta
instructive		—	analgesioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of analgesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative analgesiani analgesiani accusative nom. analgesiani analgesiani gen. analgesiani genitive analgesiani analgesioideni analgesioitteni analgesiaini rare partitive analgesiaani analgesioitani inessive analgesiassani analgesioissani elative analgesiastani analgesioistani illative analgesiaani analgesioihini adessive analgesiallani analgesioillani ablative analgesialtani analgesioiltani allative analgesialleni analgesioilleni essive analgesianani analgesioinani translative analgesiakseni analgesioikseni abessive analgesiattani analgesioittani instructive — — comitative — analgesioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative analgesiasi analgesiasi accusative nom. analgesiasi analgesiasi gen. analgesiasi genitive analgesiasi analgesioidesi analgesioittesi analgesiaisi rare partitive analgesiaasi analgesioitasi inessive analgesiassasi analgesioissasi elative analgesiastasi analgesioistasi illative analgesiaasi analgesioihisi adessive analgesiallasi analgesioillasi ablative analgesialtasi analgesioiltasi allative analgesiallesi analgesioillesi essive analgesianasi analgesioinasi translative analgesiaksesi analgesioiksesi abessive analgesiattasi analgesioittasi instructive — — comitative — analgesioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative analgesiamme analgesiamme accusative nom. analgesiamme analgesiamme gen. analgesiamme genitive analgesiamme analgesioidemme analgesioittemme analgesiaimme rare partitive analgesiaamme analgesioitamme inessive analgesiassamme analgesioissamme elative analgesiastamme analgesioistamme illative analgesiaamme analgesioihimme adessive analgesiallamme analgesioillamme ablative analgesialtamme analgesioiltamme allative analgesiallemme analgesioillemme essive analgesianamme analgesioinamme translative analgesiaksemme analgesioiksemme abessive analgesiattamme analgesioittamme instructive — — comitative — analgesioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative analgesianne analgesianne accusative nom. analgesianne analgesianne gen. analgesianne genitive analgesianne analgesioidenne analgesioittenne analgesiainne rare partitive analgesiaanne analgesioitanne inessive analgesiassanne analgesioissanne elative analgesiastanne analgesioistanne illative analgesiaanne analgesioihinne adessive analgesiallanne analgesioillanne ablative analgesialtanne analgesioiltanne allative analgesiallenne analgesioillenne essive analgesiananne analgesioinanne translative analgesiaksenne analgesioiksenne abessive analgesiattanne analgesioittanne instructive — — comitative — analgesioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative analgesiansa analgesiansa accusative nom. analgesiansa analgesiansa gen. analgesiansa genitive analgesiansa analgesioidensa analgesioittensa analgesiainsa rare partitive analgesiaansa analgesioitaan analgesioitansa inessive analgesiassaan analgesiassansa analgesioissaan analgesioissansa elative analgesiastaan analgesiastansa analgesioistaan analgesioistansa illative analgesiaansa analgesioihinsa adessive analgesiallaan analgesiallansa analgesioillaan analgesioillansa ablative analgesialtaan analgesialtansa analgesioiltaan analgesioiltansa allative analgesialleen analgesiallensa analgesioilleen analgesioillensa essive analgesianaan analgesianansa analgesioinaan analgesioinansa translative analgesiakseen analgesiaksensa analgesioikseen analgesioiksensa abessive analgesiattaan analgesiattansa analgesioittaan analgesioittansa instructive — — comitative — analgesioineen analgesioinensa

Further reading

• “analgesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Indonesian

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analgesia

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía, “want of feeling, insensibility”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [analˈɡesia̯]
• Hyphenation: anal‧gé‧sia

Noun

analgésia (uncountable)

1. analgesia: the inability to feel pain.

Related terms

• analgesik

Further reading

• “analgesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).

Noun

analgesia f (plural analgesie)

1. analgesia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.ɐ/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.ɐ/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.a/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nal.ʒɨˈzi.ɐ/ [ɐ.naɫ.ʒɨˈzi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧nal‧ge‧si‧a

Noun

analgesia f (plural analgesias)

1. (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)

1. (medicine) analgesia (absence of the sense of pain)

Related terms

• analgésico

Further reading

• “analgesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10