Definition of "analgesia" []

• A deadening or absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness. (noun)

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• "With respect to acupuncture analgesia-and the term analgesia not anaesthesia should be used-may I most emphatically state that it does work, and it works very well."
• ""Homeopathic Arnica montana for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomised placebo control trial.""
• "In her left fist is clutched the plastic PCA patient-controlled analgesia button."