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“pain”
1. The acutely unpleasant physical discomfort experienced by someone who is violently struck, injured, or ill: Mary was in severe pain with a broken hip that was caused by falling down the stairs.
2. A sensation of pain in a particular part of the body: The child was complaining of pains in the lower abdomen.
3. Severe emotional or mental distress: Doug suffered a pain of rejection.
4. Someone, or something, that is extremely annoying or causes many problems: Peggy's constant complaining was a real pain.
2. A sensation of pain in a particular part of the body: The child was complaining of pains in the lower abdomen.
3. Severe emotional or mental distress: Doug suffered a pain of rejection.
4. Someone, or something, that is extremely annoying or causes many problems: Peggy's constant complaining was a real pain.
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poen-, peno-, poino-, poin-, puni-, pain-, penal-, pent-
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pain, pain, pane
pain (PAYN) (verb)
To suffer or to cause distress: It will pain Harry to tell his friend about the accident.
pain (PAYN) (noun)
1. A bodily sensation characterized by discomfort and suffering: Mary was in severe pain with a broken hip that was caused by falling down the stairs.
2. An individual who annoys or is troublesome to others: Lorna's brother is a pain when he gets into her school projects.
3. An acute emotional upset or disruption: The pain of separation broke Marie's heart.
2. An individual who annoys or is troublesome to others: Lorna's brother is a pain when he gets into her school projects.
3. An acute emotional upset or disruption: The pain of separation broke Marie's heart.
pane (PAYN) (noun)
1. A sheet of glass framed for a window or other opening of a building: The glassier installed the new pane in the front door.
2. A side of a bolt head or nut: The flat pane of the screw made it easy to hang on to while Luis tightened the nut with the pliers.
2. A side of a bolt head or nut: The flat pane of the screw made it easy to hang on to while Luis tightened the nut with the pliers.
If a broken glass window were to have sense perceptions, isn't it obvious that it would feel a pain in the pane?
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“pain”
(Greek: struggle, a contest, to contend for a prize; also, to lead, set in motion, drive, conduct, guide, govern; to do, to act; by extension, pain)
algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy
(Greek: pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting)
(Greek: pain)
(Greek: οδυνη, pain)
(Greek > Latin: pain, punishment, penalty)
(Greek: toil, labor, work hard, fatigue; exertion; also, suffering, pain)
(Greek: in medicine, a painful seizure or sudden-acute pain; as, with gout)
(Latin: to feel pain, to grieve; sorrow, grief, mourning)
(Greek: with difficulty, difficult; with toil and pain)
(Latin: from Medieval Latin sciatica, in sciatica passio, "sciatic disease", from feminine of sciaticus, "sciatic"; from Latin ischiadicus, "of pain in the hip"; from Greek iskhiadikos, iskhias, iskhiados, "pain in the hips"; from iskhion, "hip joint".)
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“pain”
1. Sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the intestinal region: Abdominal pain is generally associated with functional disorders, tissue injuries, or diseases.
2. Agony in the visceral cavity: Abdominal pain can be acute or chronic. It may reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen, such as appendicitis or a perforated intestine, or it may result from a fairly minor problem, such as an excess buildup of intestinal gas.
2. Agony in the visceral cavity: Abdominal pain can be acute or chronic. It may reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen, such as appendicitis or a perforated intestine, or it may result from a fairly minor problem, such as an excess buildup of intestinal gas.
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abdomin-, abdomino-, abdomen-
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-al; -ial, -eal
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An acre is someone who is in pain.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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chronic idiopathic pelvic pain (CIPP)
An unexplained pelvic pain in a woman that has lasted six months or longer.
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pelvi-, pelvio-, pelvo-, pelyco- +
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Toothache is the pain that drives some people to extraction.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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“pain”
labor pain
Getting hurt at work.
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Medical Terms from a Different Perspective
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