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pang

  [pang]
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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; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
1, 2. twinge, ache, throb, prick, stab.
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pang   (pāng)   
n.  

  1. A sudden sharp spasm of pain. See Synonyms at pain.

  2. A sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress.

tr.v.   panged, pang·ing, pangs
To cause to feel pangs; distress acutely.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pang
Pronunciation: 'pa[ng]
Function: noun
: a brief piercing spasm of pain —see BIRTH PANG, HUNGER PANGS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

pang (pāng)
n.
A sudden sharp spasm of pain.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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