-algia

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-algia

(word root) pain

Examples of words with the root -algia: neuralgia

-algia

suff.

Pain: neuralgia.

[Greek, from algos, pain.]

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-algia

n combining form

(Medicine) denoting pain or a painful condition of the part specified: neuralgia; odontalgia.

[from Greek algos pain]

-algic adj combining form

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-algia

or -algy,

a combining form meaning “pain” of the kind or in the body part or organ specified by the initial element: causalgia; neuralgia.

[< New Latin < Greek, derivative of álgos pain; see -ia]

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Hofers neo-Greek etymology of 'nostalgia' joins 'nostos' (to return home) with 'algos' (pain, or sorrow) to form a signifier that 'could never be a Greek word' because Greek compounds ending in '-algia' identify where the algos is situated in the body.