lancinating
Example Sentences
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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
The whole mamma was large and hard, and the seat of lancinating pain.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
Perhaps never before, only once in any case, did I experience an excitement so lancinating as I experienced that day.
From Memoirs of My Dead Life by George (George Augustus) Moore
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
The abdominal pain is of a tearing, lancinating, sometimes colicky character.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
