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algesia Algesia is the capacity to feel pain, meaning the normal presence of pain sensation rather than its absence.

Algesia is the capacity to feel pain, meaning the normal presence of pain sensation rather than its absence. In historical usage, it was also sometimes used as another term for hyperaesthesia.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Algesia” (Algesia).
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