Word: analgesia (noun)

Associations

Analgesia means the absence or reduction of pain. It is often used in medical contexts when someone does not feel pain because of medicine or treatment.

• Example 1: "The patient was given analgesia before the surgery." Here, it means the patient received medicine to not feel pain during surgery.
• Example 2: "Pain relief after the injury was achieved through analgesia." This means the pain was reduced or removed.
• Example 3: "Local analgesia numbs a small part of the body." This means a specific area does not feel pain. A well-known synonym is "pain relief," but analgesia is more technical and usually refers to a medical state or treatment, while pain relief can be more general.

Substitution

In place of "analgesia," you could say:

• pain relief (more general, everyday language)
• anesthesia (similar but usually means complete loss of sensation, not just pain)
• painkiller effect (informal, refers to medicine that reduces pain) Using "anesthesia" instead of "analgesia" changes the meaning slightly because anesthesia can cause total numbness, not just pain reduction.

Deconstruction

• Root: "algia" means pain (from Greek)
• Prefix: "an-" means without or absence of So, "analgesia" literally means "without pain." This word comes from Greek, where "an-" is a common prefix for negation, and "algia" relates to pain.

Inquiry

• Can you think of situations where analgesia is very important?
• How is analgesia different from anesthesia in your understanding?
• Have you ever experienced pain relief? What kind of analgesia was used?