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noun
1.
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
2.
a sudden, brief, sharp pain or physical sensation; spasm: hunger pangs.
Origin:
1495–1505; origin uncertain
1495–1505; origin uncertain
Synonyms
1, 2. twinge, ache, throb, prick, stab.
1, 2. twinge, ache, throb, prick, stab.
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Word Origin & History
pang
1526, "sudden physical pain," of unknown origin, perhaps related to prong (prongys of deth is recorded from 1447). Ref. to mental pain is from 1570.
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Medical Dictionary
pang (pāng)
n.
A sudden sharp spasm of pain.
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