algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy
(Greek: pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting)
Used actively in medical terminology to denote a condition of sensitivity to pain as specified by the combining root.
psychroalgia, psychralgia
1. A painful sensation of cold.
2. A morbid state characterized by painful subjective sensations of cold.
pternalgia
Pain in the heel.
ptoalgia
Pain caused by or resulting from some emotional origin.
pulpalgia
1. Toothache or sensitivity of the dental pulp.
2. Pain arising from dental pulp.
pygalgia
1. Soreness in the buttocks, i.e., a pain in the rump.
2. Related to proctalgia.
rachialgia
Pain in the vertebral column or spine.
rachianalgesia
The absence of pain in the the spinal area.
radiculalgia
Neuralgia due to irritation of the sensory root of a spinal nerve.
rectalgia
rhachialgia
rheumatalgia
Rheumatic pain.
rhinalgia
Pain in the nose; also, rhinodynia.
sacralgia
Pain in the sacrum (triangular bone just below the lumbar vertebrae).
sacrocoxalgia
A painful condition of the sacrum and coccyx.
scapulalgia
Pain in the scapular region (the flat, triangular bone in the back of the shoulder; the shoulder blade).
Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families:
-agra;
algo-;
angina-;
dolor-;
Masochism;
noci-;
odyno-;
poen-;
pono- (toil, work; pain);
Sadism.
You may take a few self-scoring quizzes over some of the words in this unit by going to Algesi Quiz #1 to check your word knowledge of these words.
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