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This document defines and discusses different types of pain. It describes physical pain as a feeling caused by injury or illness, and emotional or mental pain. It also discusses pain in informal contexts like something annoying. It provides examples of different verbs, adjectives, and nouns used to describe pain and outlines common types of physical pain located in different parts of the body. It also notes ways of referring to and alleviating pain.

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PAIN

This document defines and discusses different types of pain. It describes physical pain as a feeling caused by injury or illness, and emotional or mental pain. It also discusses pain in informal contexts like something annoying. It provides examples of different verbs, adjectives, and nouns used to describe pain and outlines common types of physical pain located in different parts of the body. It also notes ways of referring to and alleviating pain.

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PAIN

 a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury or illness:


Her symptoms included abdominal pain and vomiting.
Are you in (= suffering from) pain?
She was in constant pain.
These tablets should help to ease the pain.
I felt a sharp pain in my foot.
He's been suffering various aches and pains for years.

 emotional or mental suffering:


It's a film about the pains and pleasures of parenthood.
The parents are still in great pain over the death of their child.

 a pain (in the neck) INFORMAL


 someone or something that is very annoying:
That child is a real pain in the neck.

 a pain in the arse/backside UK AND AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH (US pain in the ass/butt)
OFFENSIVE
 someone or something that is very annoying:
The kids were a real pain in the arse.

 on/under pain of death FORMAL


If you are told to do something on/under pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it.

pain /peIn/ verb [T] FORMAL


If something pains you, it causes you to feel sad and upset:
[+ to infinitive] It pains me to see animals being mistreated.

pains /peInz/ plural noun


1 be at pains to do sth to make a lot of effort to do something:
She is at pains to point out how much work she has done.

2 go to/take great pains to do sth to make a lot of effort to do something:


I went to great pains to select the best staff available.

ache /eIk/ noun [C]


1 a continuous pain which is unpleasant but not strong:
As you get older, you have all sorts of aches and pains.
I've got a dull (= slight) ache in my lower back.

2 used in combinations with parts of the body to mean a continuous pain in the stated part:
earache/headache/toothache/backache
I've had a stomach ache all morning.

ache /eIk/ verb [I]


My head/tooth/back aches.
I ache/I'm aching all over.
I've got one or two aching muscles after yesterday's run.
PAIN
 Verbs
experience / feel / suffer pain
I experienced chest pains and dizziness.
alleviate / ease / lessen / relieve / soothe pain
A hot bath may help to relieve the pain.
cause / inflict pain
He deliberately inflicted pain on his pupils.
complain of pain
She came in complaining of stomach pains.
pain subsides
As the pain subsided, I began to relax.
be racked with pain
He is emaciated and racked with pain.

 Adjectives
acute / agonizing / considerable / excruciating / extreme / great / intense / searing /
severe / sharp / terrible / unbearable pain
I couldn't believe the excruciating pain of giving birth.
chronic / constant / intractable pain
Yoga can help with chronic back pain.
nagging / shooting / stabbing pain
I felt a stabbing pain in my side.
referred pain
I experienced referred pain down my leg.
physical pain
When I hear my baby cry, I get an almost physical pain in my chest.

 Types
abdominal / back / chest / joint / knee / muscle / sinus / stomach pain
This medication is effective for sinus pain.

 Prepositions
in pain
When he arrived at the hospital, he was in a lot of pain.
for the pain
They gave her morphine for the pain.
a pain in something
I've got a pain in my knee.

 Nouns
aches and pains
A long bath will ease your aches and pains.
pain relief / reliever US
I had no pain relief at all when I gave birth.
pain and suffering
Why is there so much pain and suffering in the world?

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