analgesia
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- noun
- /ˌænəlˈdʒiːziə/
- Specialized
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analgesia
- In turn, this decrease might be associated with increased use of patient-controlled analgesia and epidural analgesia.
- epidural analgesia
- intravenous analgesia
- postoperative analgesia
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.
- 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
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.