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PAIN THRESHOLD
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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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