Definition of "referred pain" []

• Pain that is felt in a part of the body at a distance from the area of pathology, as pain in the right shoulder derived from the presence of a gallstone in the bladder. (noun)

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• "I returned in two weeks for a routine followup check-and got another root canal in my lower right jaw, to take care of the referred pain there."