somaˈtalgia rare.
[f. as prec. + Gr. -αλγία, f. ἄλγος pain.]
Bodily pain or suffering.
| 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass B j, Somatalgia and Psychalgia, the one the dyscrasie of the body, the other the malady and distemperature of the soule. 1908 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 480 The readiness with which psychalgia passes to somatalgia. |