-algia - Wiktionary

See also: algia and Algia

English

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Alternative forms

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• -algy

Etymology

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From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Suffix

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-algia

1. pain, suffering

Synonyms

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• -dynia
• -odynia

Derived terms

[edit] English terms suffixed with -algia abdominalgia adenalgia aerodontalgia alveolalgia analgia aortalgia appendicalgia arthralgia brachialgia cardialgia causalgia cephalalgia cervicalgia cheiralgia chiralgia colalgia costalgia coxalgia cruralgia cystalgia dentalgia didymalgia dorsalgia encephalalgia enteralgia epicondylalgia epigastralgia erythralgia fibromyalgia gastralgia glossalgia gnathalgia gonalgia gonyalgia hepatalgia hypalgia hyperalgia hypnalgia hypoalgia hysteralgia iridalgia keratalgia kinesialgia laryngalgia mammalgia mastalgia melalgia meralgia metatarsalgia metralgia myalgia nephralgia neuralgia notalgia nyctalgia occipitalgia odontalgia oesophagalgia omalgia onychalgia ophthalmalgia orchialgia orchidalgia ostalgia ostealgia otalgia ovarialgia pantalgia pharyngalgia photalgia phrenalgia pleuralgia podalgia polyalgia proctalgia prosopalgia psychalgia pubalgia pulpalgia pygalgia pyloralgia rectalgia rhinalgia sacralgia scapulalgia scrotalgia solastalgia sphincteralgia splenalgia spondylalgia sternalgia stomatalgia stylalgia synalgia talalgia tarsalgia telalgia testalgia thermalgia thoracalgia topoalgia trachealgia ureteralgia urethralgia uteralgia veisalgia xiphoidalgia

Related terms

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• analgesia
• analgesic
• algesia
• algo-

Translations

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German: -algie (de) f Hungarian: -algia Portuguese: -algia (pt) f

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA(key): /alˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: -al‧gì‧a

Suffix

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-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algie)

1. algia

Derived terms

[edit] Italian terms suffixed with -algia brachialgia cardialgia coxalgia gastralgia ischialgia mastalgia metatarsalgia metralgia mialgia nefralgia nevralgia odontalgia ostealgia osteoalgia otalgia precordiale precordialgia rachialgia rinalgia sciatalgia

Anagrams

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• -aglia, Galia, aliga

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek -αλγία (-algía), from compounds ending in Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) +‎ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) (e.g. κεφαλαλγίᾱ (kephalalgíā, “headache”)).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫ.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [al̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.a]

Suffix

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-algia (New Latin)

1. Used to form nouns identifying specific kinds or loci of pain

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, sorrow”).

Suffix

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-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algias)

1. (pathology) -algia; -algy (pain in the suffixed region)

Derived terms

[edit] Portuguese terms suffixed with -algia braquialgia

Further reading

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• “-algia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-algia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, sorrow”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈalxja/ [ˈal.xja]
• Rhymes: -alxja
• Syllabification: -al‧gia

Suffix

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-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algias)

1. -algy, -algia

Derived terms

[edit] Spanish terms suffixed with -algia artralgia coxalgia epigastralgia lumbalgia neuralgia

Further reading

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• “-algia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025