# analgesia
## English
### Alternative forms

* antalgesia (rare)

### Etymology

From New Latin analgēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησίᾱ (analgēsíā, “want of feeling, insensibility”), from ἀνάλγητος (análgētos), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλγέω (algéō, “feel bodily pain, suffer”) + -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.ʒi.ə/, /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːʒə

### Noun

analgesia (countable and uncountable, plural analgesias)
* (medicine) The inability to feel pain.
    Synonym: analgia
    epidural analgesia
* (medicine) A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.
    Coordinate term: anaesthesia
    This office procedure is quick and straightforward, but it does require some analgesia.
* (loosely, metonymically, often proscribed) A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.
    Synonym: analgesic
    Coordinate terms: anesthetic; anesthesia (likewise proscribed in such metonymic usage)
    apply an analgesia
    She was able to take analgesia orally.
** 1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Most physical distress yields to some analgesia—not so depression.

#### Usage notes

Analgesia (feeling no pain) is inherently related to anesthesia (feeling no stimulus at all, or almost none), and accordingly, the drug classes of analgesics and anesthetics overlap, with some shared members, although most pain relievers preserve sensation.

#### Derived terms

* analgesic
* antianalgesia
* audioanalgesia
* congenital analgesia
* cryoanalgesia
* electroanalgesia
* oligoanalgesia

#### Related terms

* algesia
* antalgesic

#### See also

* painkiller

#### References

* “analgesia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “analgesic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* “analgesia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “analgesia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English analgesia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑnɑlɡesiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝nɑ̝lˌɡe̞s̠iɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -esiɑ
* Hyphenation: anal‧ge‧sia

### Noun

analgesia
* analgesia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of analgesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
analgesiani
analgesiani
accusative
nom.
analgesiani
analgesiani
gen.
analgesiani
genitive
analgesiani
analgesioideni analgesioitteni analgesiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
analgesiaani
analgesioitani
inessive
analgesiassani
analgesioissani
elative
analgesiastani
analgesioistani
illative
analgesiaani
analgesioihini
adessive
analgesiallani
analgesioillani
ablative
analgesialtani
analgesioiltani
allative
analgesialleni
analgesioilleni
essive
analgesianani
analgesioinani
translative
analgesiakseni
analgesioikseni
abessive
analgesiattani
analgesioittani
instructive
comitative
—analgesioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
analgesiasi
analgesiasi
accusative
nom.
analgesiasi
analgesiasi
gen.
analgesiasi
genitive
analgesiasi
analgesioidesi analgesioittesi analgesiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
analgesiaasi
analgesioitasi
inessive
analgesiassasi
analgesioissasi
elative
analgesiastasi
analgesioistasi
illative
analgesiaasi
analgesioihisi
adessive
analgesiallasi
analgesioillasi
ablative
analgesialtasi
analgesioiltasi
allative
analgesiallesi
analgesioillesi
essive
analgesianasi
analgesioinasi
translative
analgesiaksesi
analgesioiksesi
abessive
analgesiattasi
analgesioittasi
instructive
comitative
—analgesioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
analgesiamme
analgesiamme
accusative
nom.
analgesiamme
analgesiamme
gen.
analgesiamme
genitive
analgesiamme
analgesioidemme analgesioittemme analgesiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
analgesiaamme
analgesioitamme
inessive
analgesiassamme
analgesioissamme
elative
analgesiastamme
analgesioistamme
illative
analgesiaamme
analgesioihimme
adessive
analgesiallamme
analgesioillamme
ablative
analgesialtamme
analgesioiltamme
allative
analgesiallemme
analgesioillemme
essive
analgesianamme
analgesioinamme
translative
analgesiaksemme
analgesioiksemme
abessive
analgesiattamme
analgesioittamme
instructive
comitative
—analgesioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
analgesianne
analgesianne
accusative
nom.
analgesianne
analgesianne
gen.
analgesianne
genitive
analgesianne
analgesioidenne analgesioittenne analgesiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
analgesiaanne
analgesioitanne
inessive
analgesiassanne
analgesioissanne
elative
analgesiastanne
analgesioistanne
illative
analgesiaanne
analgesioihinne
adessive
analgesiallanne
analgesioillanne
ablative
analgesialtanne
analgesioiltanne
allative
analgesiallenne
analgesioillenne
essive
analgesiananne
analgesioinanne
translative
analgesiaksenne
analgesioiksenne
abessive
analgesiattanne
analgesioittanne
instructive
comitative
—analgesioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
analgesiansa
analgesiansa
accusative
nom.
analgesiansa
analgesiansa
gen.
analgesiansa
genitive
analgesiansa
analgesioidensa analgesioittensa analgesiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
analgesiaansa
analgesioitaan analgesioitansa
inessive
analgesiassaan analgesiassansa
analgesioissaan analgesioissansa
elative
analgesiastaan analgesiastansa
analgesioistaan analgesioistansa
illative
analgesiaansa
analgesioihinsa
adessive
analgesiallaan analgesiallansa
analgesioillaan analgesioillansa
ablative
analgesialtaan analgesialtansa
analgesioiltaan analgesioiltansa
allative
analgesialleen analgesiallensa
analgesioilleen analgesioillensa
essive
analgesianaan analgesianansa
analgesioinaan analgesioinansa
translative
analgesiakseen analgesiaksensa
analgesioikseen analgesioiksensa
abessive
analgesiattaan analgesiattansa
analgesioittaan analgesioittansa
instructive
comitative
—analgesioineen analgesioinensa :

### Further reading

* “analgesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía, “want of feeling, insensibility”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [analˈɡesia̯]
* Hyphenation: anal‧gé‧sia

### Noun

analgésia (uncountable)
* analgesia: the inability to feel pain.

#### Related terms

* analgesik

### Further reading

* “analgesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía).

### Noun

analgesia f (plural analgesie)
* analgesia

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.ɐ/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.ɐ/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.naw.ʒeˈzi.a/ [a.naʊ̯.ʒeˈzi.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.nal.ʒɨˈzi.ɐ/ [ɐ.naɫ.ʒɨˈzi.ɐ]
* Hyphenation: a‧nal‧ge‧si‧a

### Noun

analgesia f (plural analgesias)
* (medicine) analgesia (absence of the sense of pain)
    Synonym: analgia

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /analˈxesja/ [a.nalˈxe.sja]
* Rhymes: -esja
* Syllabification: a‧nal‧ge‧sia

### Noun

analgesia f (plural analgesias)
* (medicine) analgesia (absence of the sense of pain)

#### Related terms

* analgésico

### Further reading

* “analgesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10