analgesia
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Is analgesia a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (medicine) The inability to feel pain.Examples: "epidural analgesia"Synonyms: analgiacountableuncountable
2. (medicine) A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.Examples: "This office procedure is quick and straightforward, but it does require some analgesia."Synonyms: pain reliefcountableuncountable
3. (loosely, metonymic, often proscribed) A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.Examples: "apply an analgesia"; "She was able to take analgesia orally."; "Most physical distress yields to some analgesia—not so depression."Synonyms: analgesic#Nounbroadlycountablemetonymicallyoftenproscribeduncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary