-odyniacomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
pleurodynia n..
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek -ωδυνία.
Etymology: < ancient Greek -ωδυνία, combining form (in e.g. πολυωδυνία great anguish) of ὀδύνη pain (of uncertain origin; perhaps related to the Indo-European base of ancient Greek ἔδειν , classical Latin edere eat v.) + -ία -ia suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin -odynia, French -odynie (formations in which are apparently found from the early 19th cent.).Chiefly combining with first elements of Greek origin, but see lumbodynia n. at lumbo- comb. form and scapulodynia n. at scapulo- comb. form , with first elements of Latin origin. Attested from the beginning of the 19th cent.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).