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facial pain

facial pain

1 4.4
An unpleasant feeling in the face, often near the jaw or cheek
  • noun
  • /ˈfeɪʃəl peɪn/
translation icon : dolor facial
  • After a fall, she complained of sharp facial pain that made it difficult for her to eat.
  • severe facial pain
  • left facial pain
  • facial pain and headache

Examples

  • Patients frequently consult otolaryngologists for the treatment of facial pain.

    Academic text (1996)
  • A 47-year-old man first presented to our Department of Otorhinolaryngology with a complaint of left-sided facial pain.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Shortly thereafter, the woman began to experience left facial pain.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Six months later, the patient was admitted emergently to the hospital with severe head and facial pain.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The patient's facial pain abated, and he was followed with observation.

    Academic text (2009)
  • On 1/21/94, (13 days after admission), the patient began to complain of facial pain on the left.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Prolonged neutropenia, severe facial pain, and facial edema were present in all cases.

    Academic text (1995)
  • One year later, the patient reported a recurrence of his left-sided facial pain along with heaviness over the left side of his face.

    Academic text (2009)
  • A 54-year-old man was referred to us by his primary care physician for evaluation of nasal obstruction with facial pain and pressure.

    Academic text (2006)
  • A 44-year-old Black man presented to an outside emergency room with a 2-day history of facial pain and swelling and a 1-day history of chest pain.

    Academic text (2004)

Antonyms

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

How Painful

excruciating
46 7.9
facial pain
1 4.4

Surface Forms

facial pain singular
facial pains plural

Morphology

facial + pain

The meaning is directly compositional: 'facial' means 'pertaining to the face' and 'pain' means 'sensation of hurt', so 'facial pain' straightforwardly means pain in the face. This adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Facial pain comes from a simple picture: the face is in pain. Facial means 'of the face' and pain means 'hurt'. So, facial pain means 'pain in the face', often from nerve problems, an injury, or an infection.