- thermoalgesia
- SYN: thermalgesia.
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n.an abnormal sense of pain that is felt when part of the body is warmed. It is a type of dysaesthesiae and is a symptom of partial damage to a peripheral nerve or to the fibre tracts conducting temperature sensation to the brain.* * *
ther·mo·al·ge·sia (thur″mo-al-jeґze-ə) thermalgesia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.