Dictionary entry details
• HURTING (noun)
Meaning:
A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hurting; pain
Context example:
the patient developed severe pain and distension
Hypernyms ("hurting" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurting"):
urodynia (pain during urination)
proctalgia (pain in the rectum)
podalgia (foot pain)
costalgia; pleuralgia; pleurodynia (pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs)
photalgia; photophobia (pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism))
pang; sting (a mental pain or distress)
pang (a sharp spasm of pain)
orchidalgia (pain in the testes)
odynophagia (severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus)
referred pain (pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected)
renal colic (sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter)
ulalgia (pain in the gums)
torment; torture (unbearable physical pain)
throb (a deep pulsating type of pain)
thermalgesia (pain caused by heat)
rawness; soreness; tenderness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
stitch (a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running)
sting; stinging (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung)
smart; smarting; smartness (a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore)
neuralgia; neuralgy (acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves)
nephralgia (pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins))
myalgia; myodynia (pain in a muscle or group of muscles)
distress (extreme physical pain)
chiralgia (a pain in the hand that is not traumatic)
chest pain (pain in the chest)
colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic (acute abdominal pain (especially in infants))
causalgia (a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes)
burn; burning (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)
arthralgia (pain in a joint or joints)
agony; excruciation; suffering (a state of acute pain)
dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation)
glossalgia; glossodynia (pain in the tongue)
metralgia (pain in the uterus)
meralgia (pain in the thigh)
melagra (rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs)
mastalgia (pain in the breast)
labor pain (pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor)
keratalgia (pain in the cornea)
haemorrhoid; hemorrhoid; piles (pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter)
growing pains (pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth)
ache; aching (a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain)
