Algesi-Words Quiz #3

Choose one answer for each number that correctly matches the definitions or statements in the questions.

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  1. Pain occurring mainly at night or during sleep.
    (a) odontalgia (b) pantalgia (c) ostealgia
    (d) ombrosalgia (e) nyctalgia


  2. Pain in the foot or feet.
    (a) photalgia (b) pedalgia (c) polymyalgia
    (d) pygalgia (e) pternalgia


  3. Pain in the nose.
    (a) rhinalgia (b) stomatalgia (c) trichalgia
    (d) talalgia (e) somatalgia


  4. Pain localized in one spot.
    (a) tenalgia (b) scelalgia (c) topalgia
    (d) pygalgia (e) rachialgia


  5. Pain experienced in one place as the result of a lesion in another part of the body.
    (a) subcostalgia (b) somatalgia (c) rhinalgia
    (d) synalgia (e) spondylalgia


  6. Pain caused by a slight degree of heat.
    (a) thermoanalgesia (b) topalgia (c) thermohypalgesia
    (d) tenalgia (e) thermalgesia


  7. Pain produced when hair is touched.
    (a) xiphoidalgia (b) ulalgia (c) trichalgia
    (d) trachealgia (e) tibialgia


  8. A decreased feeling of pain when exposed to heat.
    (a) thoracalgia (b) thermohypalgesia (c) thermoalgesia
    (d) thermalgia (e) tenalgia


  9. Referred pain: pain from deep structures perceived as arising from a surface area remote from its actual origin.
    (a) tarsalgia (b) tenalgia (c) telalgia
    (d) thermalgesia (e) tibialgia


  10. Pain in the finger and/or toe nails.
    (a) ophthalmalgia (b) ostealgia (c) otoneuralgia
    (d) onychalgia (e) otalgia



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The words in this quiz are located at this algesi-, -algia unit.

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