lancinating
Example Sentences
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The pain being lancinating in character, he stands with the injured foot at rest or constantly moves it back and forth.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
When inflammation is passing on to suppuration the pain assumes a throbbing character, and as the pus reaches the surface, or “points,” as it is called, sharp, darting, or lancinating pains are experienced.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
With the formation of pus the continuous burning or boring pain of inflammation assumes a throbbing character, with occasional sharp, lancinating twinges.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
In neuralgia it is darting, shooting, lancinating; and the last of these expressions is often applied to the pains of cancer.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
It is, as we have seen, commonly of a lancinating character, and is associated with hurried breathing and extreme frequency of the pulse.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
