GRE Word List

ANALGESIA

insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

The meaning of the word analgesia is insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness.

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malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
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intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
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