Paralgesia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paralgesia \Par`al*ge"si*a\, n. [NL.; para- + Gr. 'a`lghsis
     sense of pain.] (Med.)
     Disordered sensibility to pain, including absence of
     sensibility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and
     abnormal painful results of stimuli. -- {Par`al*ge"sic}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]