lancinating

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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 Thomson, Alexis

Treat in this manner five to eight minutes, daily, until the inflammation is suppressed, which will be indicated by an abatement of the extreme sensitiveness and lancinating pain under the electrode.

From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel

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 Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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 Lever, Charles James

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