English term
strong pain
| 4 +8 | severe pain |
Mark Nathan
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Responses
severe pain
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Note added at 6 mins (2013-05-17 13:06:18 GMT)
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http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/britis...
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Note added at 37 mins (2013-05-17 13:37:00 GMT)
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Well-spotted! All I can say is what sounds right to a native ear.
Note that in the Macmillan entry they do not say "strong pain", they use a slightly different construction "...pain that is strong and sharp". There are some adjectives that work in this sort of construction, but not directly in front of the noun.
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Note added at 53 mins (2013-05-17 13:52:48 GMT)
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Yes, I would avoid using it in a formal report.
| in your macmillan list "acute" is defined as describing pain that is very strong and sharp ... |
| thank you, so "strong pain" is not exactly incorrect, just not quite right ? it could not be used in a formal case report? |
| agree |
Charles Davis
: "Severe" is the word
5 mins
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| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: intense, acute, sharp, violent, gnawing, excruciating, agonising, cutting, stabbing // or a royal pain :-)
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incredible, mind-blowing, unbearable. I think we can stop now!
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Trudy Peters
: but not "bad"
26 mins
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no, you cannot say bad, strong, big, or large
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| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
: Acute means pain that was severe immediately, did not gradually become more severe.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
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| agree |
Catherine Pawlick
2 hrs
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| agree |
Edith Kelly
6 hrs
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| agree |
Ashutosh Mitra
2 days 19 hrs
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Discussion
e.g. The patient felt strong pain in the leg.
I have a strong pain in the little finger.
etc.