Other Definitions
pain (enc)
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Pain| Noun | 1. | pain - 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 | | | 2. | pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" unpleasantness - the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling pleasure, pleasance - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" | | | 3. | pain - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"mittelschmerz - pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) phantom limb pain - pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb | | | 4. | pain - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" | | | 5. | pain - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive irritant, thorn - something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague" | | | Verb | 1. | pain - cause bodily suffering tohurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" disagree with - be note very well digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" recrudesce, break out, erupt - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" | | | 2. | pain - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"try - give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" | |
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