dolor

Definitions of dolor
  1. noun
    an effortful attempt to attain a goal
    synonyms: desvelo, esfuerzos, esmero, fastidio, lata, pena, pesadez, sufrimiento
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    conato, intento
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  2. noun
    something that causes great unhappiness
    synonyms: aflicción, agonía, congoja, cuita, desconsuelo, disgusto, duelo, escozor, espina, luto, pena, pesadumbre, pesar, quebranto, sentimiento
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    estímulo negativo
    a stimulus with undesirable consequences
  3. noun
    emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
    synonyms: aflicción, pesadumbre, pesar
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    goce, placer
    a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
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    mal, martirio, suplicio, torcedor, tormento, tortura
    feelings of mental or physical pain
    sufrimiento
    psychological suffering
    agonía
    violent pangs of suffering
    incomodidad, molestia
    an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
    agonía, martirio, suplicio, torcedor, tormento, tortura
    extreme mental distress
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    sentimiento
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  4. noun
    intense mournfulness
    synonyms: aflicción, desgracia, mal
  5. noun
    a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
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    dolencia, mal
    a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
    agonía, sufrimiento
    a state of acute pain
    artralgia
    pain in a joint or joints
    ardor, quemazón
    pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
    cólico
    acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
    dolor de pecho
    pain in the chest
    almorranas, hemorroides
    pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
    mialgia
    pain in a muscle or group of muscles
    neuralgia
    acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
    dolor agudo
    a sharp spasm of pain
    pleurodinia
    pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs
    escocedura, escozor, picazón
    a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
    punzada
    a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
    incomodidad, molestia, sensibilidad
    a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
    martirio, suplicio, tormento, tortura
    unbearable physical pain
    desgaste, escaldadura, excoriación, rozamiento
    soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction
    dolor de muelas
    an ache localized in or around a tooth
    pasión
    the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
    dolor de espalda
    an ache localized in the back
    cefalalgia, cefalea, dolor de cabeza
    pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
    dolor de barriga, dolor de estómago
    an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region
    dolor de oídos, otitis
    an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
    neuralgia trigémina
    intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve
    ciática
    neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
    dolores del parto
    a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
    irritación
    soreness and warmth caused by friction
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    síntoma
    (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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