(al″jә-sim´ә-tre) measurement of sensitivity of pain; called also algometry.
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algesimetry The measurement of sensitiveness to pain. Sometimes pain doesn`t always warn us of danger. It comes too late for us to avoid a bad sunburn, and a tumor in the brain can grow unnoticed because the tissues within our skulls have no pain receptors. —Neil McAleer in The Body Almanac
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