algetic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, as if *ἄλγητικός (*álgētikós), from ἀλγεῖν (algeîn, “have pain”).

Adjective

algetic (comparative more algetic, superlative most algetic)

1. Producing or having relation to pain.

Synonyms

• algesic
• painful

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “algetic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.