Word Study
analgesia
CIDE DICTIONARY
analgesia, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; 'an priv. + sense of pain.].
Absence of sensibility to pain. Quain. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
analgesia, n. the absence or relief of pain.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk, = painlessness
THESAURUS
analgesia
abatement, allayment, alleviation, anesthesia, anesthetizing, anxiety equivalent, appeasement, assuagement, callousness, deadening, deadness, depraved appetite, diminishment, diminution, dulling, dullness, ease, easement, easing, electronarcosis, impassibility, imperception, imperceptiveness, imperceptivity, impercipience, inconsiderateness, insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness, insensitivity, insentience, lessening, lulling, mitigation, mollification, narcosis, narcotization, neurasthenia, numbing, numbness, obtuseness, palliation, paresthesia, parorexia, pica, pins and needles, reduction, relief, remedy, salving, softening, soothing, speech abnormality, subduement, thick skin, unfeeling, unfeelingness, unperceptivenessFor further exploring for "analgesia" in Webster Dictionary Online