lancinating
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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
It included every sort and description of pain as classified by science, into "dull, weary, and incessant," or "sharp lancinating agony."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
In November, 1837, I was suddenly attacked with vomiting, accompanied with violent lancinating, sore or pinching pains in the region of the left kidney.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Pains of a lancinating character, extended over the head and neck, producing sickness and want of sleep.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
There in that lancinating cold, in an ecstasy of rage, despairfully he poised over it.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
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