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LANCINATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lancinating mean?
• LANCINATING (adjective)
The adjective LANCINATING has 1 sense:
1. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Familiarity information: LANCINATING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Synonyms:
cutting; keen; knifelike; lancinate; lancinating; piercing; stabbing
Context example:
lancinating pain
Similar:
sharp (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point)
Context examples
Clinical signs include asymmetric paresthesia of the face, trunk and proximal extremities followed by lancinating pain, vibrioceptive and proprioceptive impairment, and muted reflexes.
(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)
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