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PAINLESS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Requiring little hard work or exertion
Example:
a painless solution to the problem
Classified under:
Similar:
easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not causing physical or psychological pain
Example:
painless dentistry
Classified under:
Similar:
pain-free; unpainful (not accompanied by pain sensations)
Also:
harmless (not causing or capable of causing harm)
Antonym:
painful (causing physical or psychological pain)
Context examples:
The tumor is usually painless and is most often seen in young adults.
(Hibernoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical presentation includes painless edema of the affected site.
(Localized Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)
A painless, well circumscribed tumor arising in soft tissue, usually of the upper and lower extremities.
(Giant Cell Tumor of Soft Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, benign, slow-growing and painless neoplasm of sweat glands.
(Mixed Tumor of the Skin (Chondroid Syringoma), NCI Thesaurus)
A painless mass or swelling is the most common clinical sign.
(Periosteal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Most patients present with painless swelling in the subcutaneous or subfascial soft tissues of the extremities.
(Parachordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A usually painless benign neoplasm arising from soft tissue and bone.
(Benign Chondrogenic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Persistent, symmetric, and painless blue discoloration of the extremities.
(Acrocyanosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Apart from being painless, the biosensor could “decrease infections risk in people who frequently use glycosometers”, Brazaca added.
(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)
Patients present with a progressively enlarging and painless mass.
(Parotid Gland Sebaceous Lymphadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
