Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
- variant of algo- as final element of a compound word: neuralgia.
n combining form
- denoting pain or a painful condition of the part specifiedneuralgia; odontalgia
word-forming element denoting “pain,” from Greek algos “pain,” algein “to feel pain,” of unknown origin. Related to alegein “to care about,” originally “to feel pain.”
suff.
- Pain:neuralgia.