Late 19th century; earliest use found in The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences. From post-classical Latin algeticus from Byzantine Greek ἀλγητός + classical Latin -icus.
Definition of algetic in US English:
algetic
adjectivealˈdʒɛtɪk
= algesic.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences. From post-classical Latin algeticus from Byzantine Greek ἀλγητός + classical Latin -icus.