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.
scelalgia, skelalgia, scelalgy
Pain in the leg; neuralgia in the leg.
somatalgia
1. Pain in the body or bodily pain or suffering.
2. Pain due to organic causes, as opposed to psychogenic pain or pain due to psychical causes.
sphincteralgia
Pain in a sphincter muscle, as of the anus. A sphincter is a ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice.
spinalgia
Pain related to or emanating from the spinal column.
splenalgia
Neuralgic pain in the spleen.
spondylalgia
Pain in a vertebra of the spine.
sternalgia
1. Pain in the sternum (bones in the front part of the chest).
2. Angina pectoris.
stethalgia
Pain in the chest.
stomachalgia
Stomach ache.
stomatalgia
Pain in the mouth; also, stomatodynia.
subcostalgia
Pain in the subcostal region (beneath a rib).
synaesthesialgia, synesthesialgia
1. A painful sensation giving rise to a subjective one of different character.
2. A condition in which a stimulus produces pain on the affected side but no sensation or even a pleasant one on the normal side of the body.
synalgia, synalgic
1. Pain experienced in one place as the result of a lesion in another part of the body.
2. Sympathetic pain in one part of the body caused by injury in another part.
talalgia
Pain in the heel or ankle.
tarsalgia
Pain in the tarsus or in the instep of the foot, or the ankle and the foot.
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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