PAIN THRESHOLD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced

Example:

some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pain threshold" is a kind of...):

absolute threshold (the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect)

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