pain — /payn/, n. 1. physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. 2. a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. 3. mental or emotional suffering or torment: I am sorry my news causes you such pain. 4. pains … Universalium
pain — n 1 Pain, ache, pang, throe, twinge, stitch are comparable when they mean a bodily sensation that causes acute discomfort or suffering. Pain may range in its application from a sensation that makes one uneasily aware of some bodily disturbance or … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sensation — 1 Sensation, percept, sense datum, sensum, image can denote the experience or process which is the result of the activity of a sense organ and its associated neural structures. Sensation (see also SENSATION 2), the most general of these terms, is … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pain — (p[=a]n), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh penalty. Cf. {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sensation (exhibition) — Sensation was an exhibition of Young British Artists which first took place 18 September ndash; 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Art in London and later toured to Berlin and New York, but was rejected by Australia. The show generated… … Wikipedia
Pain management — (also called pain medicine) is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain.Types of painAcute pain, such pain resulting from trauma, often has a reversible cause and may require only transient measures and correction of the… … Wikipedia
pain — ► NOUN 1) a strongly unpleasant bodily sensation such as is caused by illness or injury. 2) mental suffering or distress. 3) (also pain in the neck or vulgar slang pain in the arse) informal an annoying or tedious person or thing. 4) (pains)… … English terms dictionary
pain — [pān] n. [ME peine < OFr < L poena, penalty, punishment: see PENAL] 1. penalty or punishment: obs. except in on (or upon or under) pain of, at the risk of bringing upon oneself (punishment, death, etc.) 2. a sensation of hurting, or strong… … English World dictionary
sensation — 1610s, a reaction to external stimulation of the sense organs, from M.L. sensationem (nom. sensatio), from L.L. sensatus endowed with sense, sensible, from L. sensus feeling (see SENSE (Cf. sense)). Meaning state of shock, surprise, in a… … Etymology dictionary
pain spot — n one of many small localized areas of the skin that respond to stimulation (as by pricking or burning) by giving a sensation of pain … Medical dictionary