Pain Management Vocabulary

noun the act of alleviating something

verb to make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe

• The new medication is designed to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.
• Taking a hot bath can help alleviate muscle soreness after a workout.
• Eating some ginger might alleviate your stomach ache.
• Listening to music can alleviate the stress of a long day.

adjective relating to or affected by arthritis

• The patient was diagnosed with arthritic joint inflammation.
• My grandma has arthritic knees and struggles to walk.
• I can't play basketball with you today, my knees are feeling arthritic.
• The old building creaked and groaned like an arthritic old man.

noun a form of arthritis characterized by severe pain, redness, and tenderness in joints, typically affecting the big toe

• Gout is a form of arthritis characterized by severe pain, redness, and tenderness in the joints.
• My uncle suffers from gout and has to watch what he eats to prevent flare-ups.
• I heard gout is sometimes referred to as 'rich man's disease' because it's associated with a diet high in rich foods.
• The gout of corruption in the government is spreading and affecting all levels of society.

noun the state of being habituated

• The study aimed to investigate the process of habituation in response to repeated stimuli.
• After a while, you'll get used to the noise and it won't bother you anymore - it's just habituation.
• I've been binge-watching so much TV lately, I think I've reached peak habituation levels.
• His habituation to stress allowed him to remain calm in even the most challenging situations.

adjective an adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. In this case, 'tolerable' describes something that is able to be endured or tolerated.

• The noise level in the library was just barely tolerable.
• I can only handle being around her for a short time, she's just tolerable.
• I find his jokes barely tolerable, they're so lame.
• The heat was so intense that it was barely tolerable, like being in an oven.

noun a medical term for headache or pain in the head or brain

• The patient was diagnosed with cephalalgia, also known as a headache disorder.
• I have a really bad cephalalgia today, I can't focus on anything.
• My cephalalgia is killing me, I need to take some painkillers.
• Dealing with that difficult client is giving me a cephalalgia.

noun a detrimental effect on health produced by psychological or psychosomatic factors such as negative expectations of treatment or prognosis

• The patient experienced negative side effects due to the nocebo effect.
• I think it's just a nocebo effect making you feel sick.
• Don't let the nocebo effect get to you, it's all in your head.
• The fear of failure acted as a nocebo, hindering her performance.