# analgesia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌæn.əlˈd͡ʒiː.zi.ə/ · frequency rank #61,265

## Definitions
1. The inability to feel pain.
2. A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.
3. A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.

## 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).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/analgesia