severe pain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsevereandpain
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severe
adjective
uk/sɪˈvɪər/us/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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 ofsevereandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is a contingent moral truth that passing a given amount of electricity through a person's body causes themseverepain.
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These diseases may involve continuous aching orseverepainand swelling, often leading to difficulty in moving the arms, fingers, legs, and feet.
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Both patients presented here hadseverepainthat radiated to the back, systemic hypertension, and anxiety suggestive of dissecting aortic aneurysm.
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Note that in the traditional design improvement from moderate orseverepaindown to mild or no pain is being assessed.
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It is better, therefore, to inconvenience ten or a hundred animals than to causeseverepainto one.
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In addition, blistering in the eye can causeseverepainaccompanied by visual reduction for days at a time.
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Although comfortable in this sense, further discussion revealed that some were inseverepain.
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The most common side effects of the drugs recommended for moderate toseverepainthat persists are constipation, sedation, and respiratory depression.
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Classically, a click or 'give' is felt, accompanied byseverepainover the symphysis, and precipitous delivery may follow.
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It is used in chronic pain management forseverepainthat requires rapid dose escalation.
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If and whenseverepainand suffering are not relievable, they sometimes wish for that ultimate relief for their patients.
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Cataract can cause halos but is not associated with theseverepainand rapid visual loss.
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Overall, mean pain intensity was mild, butseverepainwas reported at least once by 20.3% of persons.
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The primary endpoint was headache relief at 30 min: reduction from moderate, severe or veryseverepainto nil or mild.
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As it was a complex andseverepainthat was apparently unresponsive to opioids, he was referred to the hospital palliative care team.
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Perceptions of presenting symptoms ranged from painful though not an emergency, toseverepainor vomiting requiring urgent attention.
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Four patients describedseverepainand disability an average of forty-four months later.
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However, in all other cases or ifseverepainpersists for 4-6 weeks, patients should be referred to the specialist for consultation.
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He complained ofseverepainin his left leg after playing soccer.
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