PAIN SENSATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)