allodynia etymology

English word allodynia comes from English allotropy, English -dynia ((medicine) pain.)

Detailed word origin of allodynia

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
allotropy English (eng) (chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.
-dynia English (eng) (medicine) pain.
allodynia English (eng) Pain produced by innocuous stimulation of normal skin; may result from sensitization of central pain pathways in migraine.

Words with the same origin as allodynia

Descendants of allotropy
allotrope
Descendants of -dynia
achillodynia carotidynia glossodynia hepatodynia hysterodynia inguinodynia mastodynia metrodynia neurodynia oculodynia omodynia oneirodynia ophthalmodynia orodynia osteodynia pharyngodynia pleurodynia trichodynia urodynia vulvodynia