Definition of "pain" []

• An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder. (noun)
• Suffering or distress. (noun)
• The pangs of childbirth. (noun)
• Great care or effort: take pains with one's work. (noun)
• Informal A source of annoyance; a nuisance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We should also note that the pain scientists themselves who wrote up the IASP definition of ˜pain™ and the accompanying note seem to side with Dennett on the truth of (14)."
• "But in the case of pain, we don't seem to semantically apply PAIN, or ˜pain™ for that matter, to tissue damage."
• "I think I just like saying I'm a pagan to enjoy the pain on the faces of all the Christians..pain first, then shock, then righteous indignation...hope your feeling better soon..."