antalgesia

Noun

analgesia (countable and uncountable, plural analgesias)

1. The inability to feel pain.
   • epidural analgesia

   Synonyms:

   analgia

2. A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.
   • This office procedure is quick and straightforward, but it does require some analgesia.

   Synonyms:

   pain relief

3. (broadly, metonymically, often, proscribed) A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.
   • apply an analgesia

   Synonyms:

   analgesic