See Also: antalgesia(medicine)

phenone (iou) and antalgesia (medicine)


phenone (iou)



-phenone suffix.
[from PHEN(YL + KET)ONE.]
Used in Chemistry to form names of ketones containing phenyl, with or without substitutions, as butyrophenone.

antalgesia (medicine)


antalgesia


Rarely used term for lowering of a previous elevation in pain threshold.

Origin: anti-+ G. Algesis, sense of pain