[‹ NL ‹ Gk álgēs(is) feeling of pain + NL -ia-ia]-ia is a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names ofdiseases (malaria; anemia), place names (Italia; Romania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia)
Examples of 'algesia' in a sentence
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We aimed to review published human and nonhuman research on algesia and hyperalgesia resulting from negative expectations and nocebo effects.
Maxie Blasini, Nicole Corsi, Regine Klinger, Luana Colloca 2017, 'Nocebo and pain: an overview of the psychoneurobiological mechanisms', PAIN Reportshttp://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000585. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The algesia and thermesthesia below the right knee were lost, and topesthesia and pallesthesia were decreased.
Ji-wei JIANG, Xiu-li SHANG 2018, 'Central and peripheral neuropathy as the manifestations of multiple symmetric lipomatosis:one case report and review of literatures', Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgeryhttp://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/1814. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)