PAIN SENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pain sensation mean? 

• PAIN SENSATION (noun)
  The noun PAIN SENSATION has 1 sense:

1. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

  Familiarity information: PAIN SENSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAIN SENSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A somatic sensation of acute discomfort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pain; pain sensation; painful sensation

Context example:

as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain

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)