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Analgesia – Inability to feel pain or medication that relieves pain

PRONUNCIATION

(Pronounced an-al-jeez-ya)

To remember the definition of the word analgesia, use the following mnemonic:

Strange that she had an allergy to freezers (analgesia) and yet couldn't feel pain.

Strange that she had an allergy to freezers and yet couldn't feel pain.

Strange that she had an allergy to freezers and yet couldn't feel pain.

 

Examples of analgesia in a sentence

Because epidural analgesia provides the highest level of pain relief, the physician and patient should decide when it should be used.

This mixture then infuses at the slowest possible rate adequate to provide effective analgesia.

The cream contains a mild analgesic to soothe stings and bites.

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