referred pain


nounPathology.
  1. pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.

Origin of referred pain

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby referred pain

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for referred pain

referred pain

noun
  1. psychol pain felt in the body at some place other than its actual place of origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012