psychalgia /psy·chal·gia/ (si-kal´jah)
psychalgia.
psychalgia [si-kal´jah]
1. pain, usually in the head and perceived as being of emotional origin, that may accompany intolerable ideas, obsessions, or hallucinations.
2. psychogenic pain.psychal´gic
psy·chal·gia (s -k l j )n. 1. Psychological or emotional pain or distress that accompanies a mental effort, especially in depression. 2. Physical pain that is possibly of psychological origin. |
psychalgia.
See psychic pain.
psychalgia [si-kal´jah]
1. pain, usually in the head and perceived as being of emotional origin, that may accompany intolerable ideas, obsessions, or hallucinations.
2. psychogenic pain. adj., adj psychal´gic.
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