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  • adjective Of or pertaining to hypoalgesia.

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hypoalgesia +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • "Our findings agree with those showing hypoalgesic effects of ginger in osteoarthritis patients and further demonstrate ginger's effectiveness as a pain reliever."

    statesman.com - Highschool 2010

  • As expected, subordinates were hypoalgesic in response to the early phase of the formalin effects compared to dominants.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • From the perspective of the two different phases of the formalin test, our results are in line with previous literature on acute pain, in which subordinates are hypoalgesic compared to dominants

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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