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PAIN UNIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pain unit mean?
• PAIN UNIT (noun)
The noun PAIN UNIT has 1 sense:
1. a unit measuring the intensity of pain
Familiarity information: PAIN UNIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit measuring the intensity of pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("pain unit" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pain unit"):
dol (a unit of pain intensity)
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