Hypoalgesia or hypalgesia denotes a decreased sensitivity to painful stimuli. Hypoalgesia occurs when nociceptive (painful) stimuli are interrupted or decreased somewhere along the path between the input (nociceptors), and the places where they are processed and recognized as pain in the conscious mind. Hypoalgesic effects can be mild, such as mas...
Synonym: hypalgesia. ... Origin: hypo-+ G. Algesis, a sense of pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′pō-al-jē′zē-ă Synonyms: hypalgesia
hypoalgesia A decreased sensitivity to pain.