pain

(pain) [L. pe’na; do’lor]. 1. Distre or suffering. 2. A rhythmic contraction of the uterus in labor. after-p’s, the expulsive contractions of the uterus which follow childbirth. bearing down p., a variety of pain in the female reproductive organs occurring in various local diseases or in childbirth. boring p., a sensation as of being pierced with a gimlet. Called also terebrant p. Brodie’s p., pain induced by folding the skin near a joint affected with neuralgia. Charcot p’s, rheumatism of a testicle. dilating p’s, those of the first stage of labor. expulsive p’s, those of the second and final stages of labor. false p’s, ineffective pains which resemble labor-pains, but which do not indicate the beginning of real labor. fulgurant p’s, intense momentary pains, coming and going with swiftne like that of lightning: they are especially characteristic of tabes dorsal is. Called also shooting p's. girdlep., a painful sensation as of a cord about the waist. growing p’s, quasi-rheumatic pains peculiar to early youth. unger-p., pain coming on at the time for feeling hunger for the next meal: a symptom of gastric disorder. imperative p., a persisting painful sensation felt in psychasthenia. intermenstrual p., a pain occurring during the period between the menses..-joy, the hysteric enjoyment of pain. jump: p., a peculiar pain in joint diseases when the bone is laid bare y ulceration of the cartilage. lancinating p., a sharp, darting pain. lightning p’s, the cutting and intense darting pains of locomotor ataxia. See also fulgurant p's. mid-p., intermenstrual pain. niggling p’s, the earliest pains of puerperal labor. osteocopic Ῥ. Same as osteocope. parenchymatous p., pain at the peripheral end of a nerve. premonitory p’s, ineffective uterine contractions before the beginning of true labor. referred p., pain in a part other than that in which the cause that produced it is situated. p.-sense, the sense by which the pain is perceived. shooting Py, 2 fulgurant pain. spot-p’s, pains which seem ike patches on the integument. starting-p’s, pain and muscular spasm in the early stages of sleep. terebrant p., terebrating p. Same as boring p. Wandering p., a pain which repeatedly changes its location. painters’ colic (pan’terz). See colic.