decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia)
Also: hypalgia (hɪˈpældʒə, -dʒiə, hai-)
Derived forms
hypalgesic
adjective
Word origin
[1880–85; hyp- + algesia]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, impressionism, pari-mutuel, rain check, regionalism
Examples of 'hypalgesia' in a sentence
hypalgesia
Ten months after onset, the patient presented with progressive paraparesis and hypalgesia.
Ryo Ogawa, Tomohiro Hikata, Shuji Mikami, Nobuyuki Fujita, Akio Iwanami, Kota Watanabe,Ken Ishii, Masaya Nakamura, Yoshiaki Toyama, Morio Matsumoto 2015, 'Total En Bloc Spondylectomy for Locally Aggressive Vertebral Hemangioma Causing NeurologicalDeficits', Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/724364. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient had peripheral hypalgesia and deep sensory dysfunction.
Li Ding, Zhongjun Chen, Yan Sun, Haiping Bao, Xiao Wu, Lele Zhong, Pei Zhang, YongzhongLin, Ying Liu 2018, 'Guillain-Barré syndrome following bacterial meningitis: a case report and literaturereview', BMC Neurologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-018-1211-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)