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Medical English Level I

Table 3. Symptoms and pain

Description of pain

Patient's description
Definition
of pain
aching / an ache a general pain, often in muscles and joints
boring like a drill
burning with heat
an intermittent pain which varies in intensity,
colicky
comes and goes in waves
crampy / cramp an involuntary spasmodic muscle contraction
crushing a feeling of pressure
dull a background pain, opposite of sharp
gnawing biting
gripping a feeling of tightness
scalding like boiling water
sharp acute
stabbing like a knife
stinging sharp, burning, like an insect sting
throbbing with a pulse or beat

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