analgesia
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- noun
- /ˌænəlˈdʒiːziə/
- Specialized
- In turn, this decrease might be associated with increased use of patient-controlled analgesia and epidural analgesia.
- epidural analgesia
- intravenous analgesia
- postoperative analgesia
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- The social transfer of analgesia, a mouse in pain getting some pain relief from hanging out with another mouse in pain who has that pain relief.
Examples
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Despite all of these facts, epidural analgesia is still used by only a minority of thoracic surgeons.
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In the acute phase, analgesia to control pain and ensure motion is of prime importance.
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Eleven of the subjects had received no analgesia in the last 24 hours of hospital stay.
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Treatment consists of analgesia and medications used to slow or stop the progression of the disease.
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We also recorded the number of doses of analgesia that were administered prior to discharge.
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Tramadol should only be considered as 'rescue' analgesia because of concerns about long-term use.
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Conversely, intravenous analgesia is easier to handle and may, perhaps, involve fewer problems and side effects.
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Routine postoperative instructions, antibiotics, and narcotic analgesia were provided to all patients.
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Subjects' satisfaction with postsurgical analgesia was high, with a low burden of opioid-related side effects.
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After the surgery, the patient was administered analgesia to alleviate any pain while remaining conscious.
Synonyms
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4.2
The state of having no physical or emotional pain
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
analgesia = analgesic (semi-transparent) = an + alges + ia
Formed from medical combining elements (an- + alges-) with the noun-forming '-ia'; the medical morphology is regular but the root 'alges-' is not a standalone English word and may be unfamiliar to general learners.
Etymology
Analgesia comes from Greek parts an- meaning 'without' and algos meaning 'pain', so it literally means 'without pain'. That's why analgesia is the absence or removal of pain, often produced by medicines during medical treatment.