phrenalgia

P3H4R1E1N1A1L1G2I1A1

noun

psychalgia; non-physical pain

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Meanings

nounphrenalgia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablepsychalgia; non-physical pain

    ...compelled me to seek a talisman against homesickness and the nervous troubles which learned men call Phrenalgia and Autophobia.

    1880, Luís de Camões, translated by Richard Francis Burton, The Lusiads, page xv
  2. uncountablepain in the diaphragm

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
psychalgia

Origin

From phren- + -algia.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nephralgia
Cite this entry
APA

phrenalgia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrenalgia

MLA

“phrenalgia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrenalgia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phrenalgia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrenalgia.

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