easing easement alleviation relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance), he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain |
relief | the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged, he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta |
relief | aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped, he has been on relief for many years |
relief succor succour ministration | assistance in time of difficulty, the contributions provided some relief for the victims |
alto relievo alto rilievo high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
analgesic anodyne painkiller pain pill | a medicine used to relieve pain |
bas relief low relief basso relievo basso rilievo | a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background, no figures are undercut |
contour map relief map | a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation |
relief relievo rilievo embossment sculptural relief | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
safety valve relief valve escape valve escape cock escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
pain threshold | the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced, some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people |
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 |
relief printing letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
easing moderation relief | a change for the better |
relief alleviation assuagement | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced, as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief |
pain painfulness | emotional distress, a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid, the pain of loneliness |
pain pain in the neck nuisance | a bothersome annoying person, that kid is a terrible pain |
reliever relief pitcher fireman | a pitcher who does not start the game |
stand-in substitute relief reliever backup backup man fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult), the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes, we need extra employees for summer fill-ins |
relief | (law) redress awarded by a court, was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury? |
pain unit | a unit measuring the intensity of pain |
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 |
relief ease | the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress), he enjoyed his relief from responsibility, getting it off his conscience gave him some ease |
respite rest relief rest period | a pause for relaxation, people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests |
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 |