physical pain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandpain
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk/peɪn/us/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Whether self-inflicted or caused by others,physicalpainwas a way of affirming the boundaries of identity.
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For many patients, aggressive treatment ofphysicalpainmight be effective in improving quality of life.
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Yet he remains pessimistic about the possibility of ever expungingphysicalpainfrom human society.
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Again, the aristocratic point of view associatingphysicalpainwith degradation shaped societal attitudes.
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Physicalpainendures across time and cultures in a way that suffering does not.
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It was a coherent, multivalent attitude towardphysicalpainthat fitted both the perception and the reality of the time in which it grew.
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Physicalpainwas the price paid for original sin, andphysicalpainredeemed the same sin.
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Gissing reasons that as a fellow victim of "progress," the educated, cultured man endures as much mental anguish as the poor man suffersphysicalpain.
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The current study explores the multidimensional nature of spiritual pain, in patients with end-stage cancer, in relation tophysicalpain, symptom severity, and emotional distress.
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Her quiet acceptance ofphysicalpainis emphasised as part of her holiness.
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The complexity of the embodied nature of suffering inphysicalpainis explored, as is suffering as a social phenomenon.
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Physicalpainusually causes us to focus on ourselves, particularly our bodies.
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For instance, if one's goal is to alleviate a state of numbness and emptiness, creatingphysicalpain by cutting or burning oneself is certainly an efficient technique.
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Of the 29 patients studied, 10 were assessed to be depressed or inphysicalpainand were provided analgesic medication or psychiatric treatment, including antidepressant medication or psychotherapy.
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It is usually assumed that an interest in avoidingphysicalpainaccompanies the onset of sentience (the ability to experience that pain) and predates any other interest.
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In some patients, adequate treatment of pain may eventually hasten death - the double effect - thereby providing an appropriate, legal, ethical alternative to the intolerable suffering ofphysicalpain.
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That this feeling is expressed in the same way asphysicalpainis true not only for facial expressions, gestures, and body postures, it is true also for mourning songs.
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