acute pain
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However, when participants experienced the painful heat stimulus, the same network became less active, following the brain's typical response to acute pain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The issue for Cubans is how Washington intends to make that change happen, Torres adds, with more acute pain from the oil shutout on the horizon.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Officials said the symptoms he reportedly experienced—paralysis, acute pain and respiratory failure—are consistent with epibatidine poisoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Seeing pieces of Ian in her daughter’s face could trigger “the most acute pain I’ve ever been in,” Lamphere told me.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
Colonel Cathcart demanded of Colonel Korn with a look of acute pain, tenderly nursing the spot where Colonel Korn had just jabbed him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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