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pain sensation

pain sensation

1 3.7
A feeling of hurt in the body caused by injury or illness
  • noun
  • /peɪn sɛnˈseɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sensación de dolor

Examples

  • When transplanted into the spinal cord, they also help decrease pain sensation.

    Blog text (1)

  • One such group of drugs includes the anesthetics that allow people to become unconscious and eliminate pain sensations.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Well, at the same time, I would have these lump in my throat feelings and chest pain sensations that basically made me feel like I was dying.

  • After the injury, she experienced a sharp pain sensation in her ankle.

  • The doctor asked about the pain sensation to determine the extent of his injury.

  • He could not feel any pain sensation in his foot due to the nerve damage.

Synonyms

pain
vspain sensation
∞ 1.0

An unpleasant feeling in the body because of injury or illness

is the bodily felt experience of that suffering rather than the label for it
discomfort
vspain sensation
119 3.2

A feeling of physical pain or mental unease

is limited to bodily suffering caused by injury illness or physical stimuli
painful sensation
vspain sensation
4.8

A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts

is the general bodily discomfort from injury or illness, not only acute cases

Antonyms

relief
440 1.0

A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away

comfort
190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

How Intense

pain sensation
  • Specialized
1 3.7
ache
92 1.3
discomfort
119 3.2

Surface Forms

pain sensation singular
pain sensations plural

Morphology

pain + sensation

The meaning 'the physical feeling of discomfort' is directly and compositionally derived from 'pain' (bodily hurt) combined with 'sensation' (a physical feeling). This simple noun–noun combination follows standard compositional patterns found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Pain sensation joins pain, meaning hurt, and sensation, meaning 'a feeling' from the body's senses. Think of it as the body's alarm: when you touch something hot your body sends a sharp 'feeling' that warns you, so pain sensation means the physical feeling of discomfort or harm.