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nounnotalgia (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineback pain
An acquaintance of mine was fortunate enough to discover the most impressive word notalgia for back-ache.
1946, George Mikes, “How to be a General Alien”, in How to be an Alien (fiction), →ISBN, The LanguageSynonyms: dorsalgia, dorsodynia
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nounback pain
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APA
notalgia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notalgia
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“notalgia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notalgia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “notalgia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/notalgia.
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