doloro-, dolor-, dolori- , dol-

Spanish for Maria de los Dolores, Mary of the Sorrows: Dolores might have been interpreted as a feeling of being ripped or pulled apart by grief.

Fleeting, false pain: A condition of dolores praesagiente can occur a few days before the onset of labor during childbirth.

Relating to or causing pain or grief: The plane crash brought on dolorific anxiety, worry, and tension among the relatives waiting for their families to arrived at the airport.

That which banishes or mitigates grief or sorrow: The dolorifuge that eased some of her sadness and misery of the death of her husband was the arrival of her daughters who came to be with her.

A device for measuring sensitivity or degrees of pain, or pain intensity: A dolorimeter utilizes a variety of stimuli, such as thermal radiation and some standard responses by the conscious individual as an index of pain threshold.

A dolorimeter is an instrument usually employing infrared radiation, for measuring the stimulus magnitude required for inducing pain.

A reference to a method of measuring the intensity of pain perception: The dolorimetric process uses heat applied to the skin as a gauge.for assessing pain in degrees ranging from unpleasant to unbearable.

Regarding how the system of measuring the sensitivity to pain is triggered by heat: Dr. Black's work involved testing dolorimetrically how much discomfort a person could take when a high temperature was applied to the skin.

The technique of measuring pain sensitivity or pain intensity: Dolorimetry is a method of assessing intensity of pain perception in degrees ranging from unpleasant to unbearable by using heat applied to the skin as a gauge.

Dolorimetry is a system for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in "dols".

1. Pertaining to pain; dolorific: While cooking the meal in the kitchen, Jill suddenly had a dolorogenic perception on her hand which caused her much discomfort and suffering..
2. Regarding the cause or quality of pain or grief: The death of her father created or aroused a dolorogenic heart in Lynn's breast for a very long time.

A reference to something which is caused by pain or is causing pain: Tom's mother told her little son to stay away from dolorogenous things like the stove in th kitchen, the fire in fireplace, and hot water.

The scientific study of pain: Dolorology is a medical specialty concerned with the study and treatment of pain.

Dolorology is the systematic study of the mechanisms and management of pain.

Referring to something performed in a sorrowful way: In music, a doloroso (Italian, via Latin) presentation has a sad, unhappy, or plaintive quality.

A grievous condition or situation: Mrs. Sanders found herself in a dolorosopaso (Italian via Latin) because her husband had just passed away and she had no money left in the bank.

1. Characterized by or affected with physical pain: After dinner, June had a dolorous feeling in her stomach and thought that she had eaten too much ice cream for desert!
2. Relating to, marked by, or expressive of misery or grief: Edna felt so sad after the death of her husband that she only had dolorous thoughts for a long time, however she also received many dolorous messages from friends and relatives expressing their sympathy for what happened. © ALL rights are reserved.
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A reference to how pain or grief is expressed; grievously; sorrowfully, dolefully:: After her kitten was run over by a car, Lynn cried dolorously for a very long time and then buried it behind the barn..