Construct a Medical Term That Means State in Which Pain

question 47

Multiple Choice

Construct a medical term that means state in which pain is reduced.

• A)anti + pyret + ic
• B)an + alges + ia
• C)an + alges + ic
• D)an + esthes + ia
• E)an + esthet + ic

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Definitions:

Oral Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the first stage in a child's psychosexual development, occurring in the first year, where the mouth is the primary focus of pleasurable sensations.

Psychosexual Development

Sigmund Freud's theory outlining how personality develops through five childhood stages, each focused on sexual pleasure derived from a particular part of the body.

Smoking Cigarettes

The act of inhaling and exhaling the smoke from burned tobacco, which can lead to numerous health risks.

Compensation

In psychology, a strategy whereby one covers up, consciously or unconsciously, weaknesses, frustrations, desires, or feelings of inadequacy or incompetence in one life area through gratification or (drive to excel) in another area.