A philological study on some words concerning pain
PainPublished 1 June 1985
Paolo Procacci, Marco Maresca
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An analysis on some Indo-European roots which appear in Greek, in Latin and in some modern languages of the Neolatin group and the Germanic group is carried out.
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Cattedra di Terapia Medico Sistematica, Servizio di Algologia, Universitá di Firenze, 50134 FlorenceItaly 1Correspondence to be sent to: Prof. Paolo Procacci, Cattedra di Terapia Medica Sistematica, Universitá di Firenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy. Submitted January 17, 1985; accepted February 11, 1985.
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