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Algy
1[ al-jee ]
-algy
2- variant of -algia:
coxalgy.
Example Sentences
Algy's Priceless Piffle, featuring Victor Smythe, was a pioneer of radio satire and again, came from Manchester.
The London sleuth and his sidekick, Algy, catch crooks for a Scotland Yard inspector.
Nineteen were from the Tampa area, the paper said: Among them were the Sumner brothers, Homer, 19, and Wamboldt, 24; the Mansfield brothers, Percy, 19, and Fred, 23; and their pals, brothers Algy Bevins, 23, and Arthur Bevins, 25.
The book contains 17 short stories featuring Biggles and his loyal sidekicks Algy, Ginger and Smyth.
To many, though, he will be best remembered for his brief appearance as Q - here nicknamed Algy - in 1983's Never Say Never Again.
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Words That Use -algy
What does -algy mean?
The combining form –algy is used like a suffix meaning “pain.” It is used in a few, mostly historical forms of medical terms, especially in pathology.
The form -algy comes from the Greek álgos, meaning “pain.” Similar in meaning and use to algo- are odyno- and -odynia, which derive from odýnē, also meaning “pain.”
The form -algy is a rare variant of the much more common -algia, as in sacralgia. A corresponding form of -algy combined to the beginning of words is algo-, as in algophobia. Learn more about these forms in our Words That Use articles for each.
Examples of -algy
One example of a term that features the combining form -algy is coxalgy, “pain in the hip.” Coxalgy is a variant of coxalgia.
The first part of the word, cox-, represents coxa, the hipbone or hip joint. The form -algy means “pain,” as we have seen. Coxalgy literally translates to “hip pain.”
What are some words that use the combining form -algy?
- cardialgy
- cephalalgy
- oesophagalgy
- pedialgy
What are some other forms that -algy may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The combining form cardi- means “heart.” What does the medical condition cardialgy literally mean?
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