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PAIN SENSATION
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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 ("pain 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 "pain 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)
