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PAINFUL SENSATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A somatic sensation of acute discomfort

Example:

as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain

Synonyms:

pain; pain sensation; painful sensation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("painful sensation" is a kind of...):

somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "painful sensation"):

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)

twinge (a sharp stab of pain)

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 Context examples: 

Painful sensation in the breast region.

(Breast Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the bladder region.

(Bladder Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the back region.

(Back Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the abdominal region.

(Abdominal Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the ear region.

(Ear Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the chest wall region.

(Chest Wall Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the esophageal region.

(Esophageal Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in one side of the abdomen between menstrual cycles, around the time of the discharge of the ovum from the ovarian follicle.

(Ovulation Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful sensation in the region below the ribs and above the hip.

(Flank Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

Intense painful sensation along a nerve or group of nerves.

(Neuralgia, NCI Thesaurus)