odyn-, odyno-, -odynia, -odynic,-odyne, -odyn, -dyne, -dynia +
(Greek: οδυνη, pain)
Usually limited to medical terms. Original meaning is literally "that which eats or consumes".
odynophagous, odynophage, odynophagy
Pain when swallowing (eating).
odynophilia
Deriving sexual pleasure from pain; masochism.
odynophobia
An abnormal dread of pain.
odynophonia
A pain when using the voice.
odynuria
Pain while urinating.
oesophagodynia
Pain in the oesophagus (long hollow muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach)
omodynia
Pain in the shoulder.
oneirodynia
1. Dreaming about painful situations; nightmares.
2. Troubled sleep involving nightmares and perhaps sleepwalking.
One of the four great divisions of insanity recognized by William Cullen (1710-1790), a Scottish physician who emphasized the endogenous nature of mental disorders and their relationship to irritability of the nervous system.
The four divisions of insanity include amentia, melancholia, mania, and oneirodynia (somnambulism and nightmare).
ophthalmodynia
Pain in the eye or eyes.
orchiodynia
Pain in the testes.
osteodynia
Pain in a bone or bones.
otodynia
Pain in the ear or an earache.
phallatodynia
Pain in the penis.
phallodynia
Painful penis.
photodynia
1. Pain caused by intense light.
2. Ocular pain caused by light; photalgia.
Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families:
-agra;
algesi-;
algo-;
angina-;
dolor-;
Masochism;
noci-;
poen-;
pono- (toil, work; pain);
Sadism.
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