Dictionary entry

Paralgesia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Par′al‐ge″si‐a (?), n. [NL.; para- + Gr. ἄλγησισ sense of pain.] (Med.) Disordered sensibility to pain, including absence of sensibility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and abnormal painful results of stimuli. — Par′al‐ge″sic (#), a.