lancinating
Example Sentences
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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
The following night he was agitated, frequently awakened by lancinating pains in the affected part, and sometimes by a sense of tension in the head.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
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
Distention of the abdomen and the area of diffuse resistance increased; sensitiveness to touch appeared to be dulled by the opium; in the ileo-cecal region, however, it was constantly severe and lancinating.
From Appendicitis by John Henry Tilden
The pains are very sharp, lancinating, and burning.
From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman
