painful condition

collocation in English

meaningsofpainfulandcondition

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painful
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/us
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
causing emotional or ...
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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofpainfulandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 38% of departments, morphine was prescribed for thispainfulcondition.
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Back pain is apainfulconditionin the lower back, which may or may not radiate to the limbs.
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The most common and pervasive disease was sandy blight, an extremelypainfulconditioncausing temporary blindness but which could lead to permanent scarring of the cornea.
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Other reasons include thepainfulconditionknown as endemetriosis for which, when child bearing is over, a hysterectomy may offer the only permanent solution.
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In her younger days, thispainfulconditionprevented her from becoming a professional musician.
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Welding helmets are necessary to prevent arc eye, apainfulconditionwhere the cornea is inflamed.
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Some are worn down to the gumline, exposing the nerve, which must have been a verypainfulcondition.
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This sometimespainfulconditioninvolves an overgrowth of the soft tissue that can partially cover the nail plate.
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Occlusion of the blood supply means that it is apainfulconditioncausing rapid deterioration and requiring emergency surgery.
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This larger toggle switch enables users even with limited mobility orpainfulconditionto use stairlifts easily and safely.
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That puts us in difficult circumstances whereby drugs that are available theoretically, but not in reality, cannot even be prescribed privately for the relief of a verypainfulcondition.
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It can be a disabling andpainfulcondition, which can lead to substantial loss of functioning and mobility if not adequately treated.
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Originally a bricklayer by profession, he turned to leather work when apainfulconditionmeant he could no longer do heavy work.
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The term headache does not adequately convey the severity of the condition; the disease may be the mostpainfulconditionknown to medical science.
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Thispainfulconditionis the result of needle-like crystals of uric acid precipitating in joints, capillaries, skin, and other tissues.
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It is an oftenpainfulconditionin which the nail grows so that it cuts into one or both sides of the paronychium or nail bed.
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Many adults who have had chickenpox as children are susceptible to shingles as adults, often with the accompanying condition postherpetic neuralgia, apainfulconditionthat makes it difficult to sleep.
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A patient resource group for trigeminal neuralgia (which has been described as the mostpainfulcondition in existence) have also adopted the image as a symbol of the condition.
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