analgesic anodyne painkiller pain pill | a medicine used to relieve pain |
barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement |
crash barrier | a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents |
doorsill doorstep threshold | the sill of a door, a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway |
doorway door room access threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building, the space that a door can close, he stuck his head in the doorway |
junction barrier barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
movable barrier | a barrier that can be moved to allow passage |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible |
thermal barrier heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
barrier roadblock | any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective, intolerance is a barrier to understanding |
ideological barrier | a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies |
language barrier | barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages |
threshold limen | the smallest detectable sensation |
absolute threshold | the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect |
pain threshold | the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced, some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people |
difference threshold differential threshold difference limen differential limen | the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect |
pain pain sensation painful sensation | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort, as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain |
phantom limb pain | pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb |
annoyance bother botheration pain infliction pain in the neck pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble, a source of unhappiness, washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer, a bit of a bother, he's not a friend, he's an infliction |
pleasure principle pleasure-pain principle pleasure-unpleasure principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id, the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality |
trade barrier import barrier | any regulation or policy that restricts international trade |
pain painfulness | emotional distress, a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid, the pain of loneliness |
barrier | anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access |
barrier island | a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore |
barrier reef | a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore |
blood-brain barrier | a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood, serves to protect the central nervous system, the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier |
Great Barrier Reef | the largest coral reef in the world, in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia |
pain pain in the neck nuisance | a bothersome annoying person, that kid is a terrible pain |
sonic barrier sound barrier | the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound |
threshold operation | an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function |
pain unit | a unit measuring the intensity of pain |
threshold function | a function that takes the value if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and otherwise |
brink threshold verge | a region marking a boundary |
pain hurting | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder, the patient developed severe pain and distension |
chest pain | pain in the chest |
lumbago lumbar pain | backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back, can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc |
labor pain | pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor |
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, angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder, pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease |
threshold | the starting point for a new state or experience, on the threshold of manhood |
trouble ail pain | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
pain anguish hurt | cause emotional anguish or make miserable, It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school |
pain-free unpainful | not accompanied by pain sensations, pain-free surgery |