Meaning & use
Aponia
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The absence of physical pain; a state of freedom from bodily suffering.
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In Epicurean philosophy, aponia and ataraxia together define the highest form of pleasure.
The patient described a rare sense of aponia after months of chronic pain.
A note on using this word
Aponia comes from the Greek 'a-' (without) and 'ponos' (pain, toil), and is central to Epicurus's account of the good life.
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painlessness
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