psychalgia

psychalgia
1. Distress attending a mental effort, noted especially in melancholia. SYN: phrenalgia (1), psychalgalia. 2. SYN: psychogenic pain. [psych- + G. algos, pain]

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psy·chal·gia sī-'kal-j(ē-)ə n mental distress

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psy·chal·gia (si-kalґjə) [psych- + -algia] 1. pain, usually in the head and perceived as being of emotional origin, that may accompany intolerable ideas, obsessions, or hallucinations; called also psychic pain. 2. psychogenic pain; see also pain disorder, under disorder.

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