hurting - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease ache, aching - a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain burn, burning - pain that feels hot as if it were on fire causalgia - a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes chiralgia - a pain in the hand that is not traumatic distress - extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress" growing pains - pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth labor pain - pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor melagra - rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs nephralgia - pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) odynophagia - severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus pang - a sharp spasm of pain pang, sting - a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" photalgia, photophobia - pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) referred pain - pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease" renal colic - sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter smart, smarting - a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore sting, stinging - a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" stitch - a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running throb - a deep pulsating type of pain |