Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0066 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-algia: Pain
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The idea
The suffix algia names pain in the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Neuralgia is pain along a nerve.
Where people slip
Algia is a symptom suffix. It names what the patient feels, not what is wrong.
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