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referred pain

–noun Pathology.
pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.
Also called synalgia.


Origin:
1895–1900
re·ferred pain   (rĭ-fûrd')
n.  Pain that is felt in a part of the body at a distance from the area of pathology, as pain in the right shoulder derived from the presence of a gallstone in the bladder.

Main Entry: referred pain
Function: noun
: a pain subjectively localized in one region though due to irritation in another region

referred pain re·ferred pain (rĭ-fûrd')
n.
Pain that is felt in a part of the body at a distance from its area of origin.

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