| UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund; 국제연합아동구호기금 |
|---|---|
| WISC | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; 웩슬러 소아용 지능 검사 |
| WISC-R | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised; 웩슬러 소아용 지능 검사 |
| ABIC | Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children |
| ACCH | Association for the Care of Children's Health |
| pain tolerance | The greatest intensity of painful stimulation that an individual is able to tolerate. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| referred pain | Pain from deep structures perceived as arising from a surface area remote from its actual origin; the area where the pain is appreciated is innervated by the same spinal segment(s) as the deep structure. Synonym: synalgia, telalgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| girdle pain | A painful sensation encircling the body like a belt, occurring in tabes dorsalis or other spinal cord disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic pain | Pain in the pelvic region of genital and non-genital origin and of organic or psychogenic aetiology. Frequent causes of pain are distension or contraction of hollow viscera, rapid stretching of the capsule of a solid organ, chemical irritation, tissue ischemia, and neuritis secondary to inflammatory, neoplastic, or fibrotic processes in adjacent organs. (kase, weingold & gershenson: principles and practice of clinical gynecology, 2d ed, pp479-508) (12 Dec 1998) |
| rest pain | Pain occurring usually in the extremities during rest in the sitting or lying position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chest pain | There are many causes of chest pain. One is angina which results from inadequate oxygen supply to the heart muscle. Angina can be caused by coronary artery disease or spasm of the coronary arteries. Chest pain can also be due to a heart attack (coronary occlusion) and other important diseases. Do not try to ignore chest pain and work (or play) though it. Chest pain is a warning to seek medical attention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chest wall pain | Chest pain that originates from a noncardiac cause. Chest wall pain typically involves an inflammatory condition of the muscles, bones or joints that comprise the thorax. (27 Sep 1997) |
| phantom limb pain | The sensation, after amputation of a limb, that the absent part is still present; there may also be paresthesias, transient aches, and intermittent or continuous pain perceived as originating in the absent limb. (12 Dec 1998) |
| midcycle pain | <gynaecology> One-sided lower abdominal (pelvic) pain that occurs at or around the time of ovulation (midcycle). Thought to be secondary to a stretching of the ovarian capsule and subsequent capsular rupture during expulsion of the egg. Inevitably, there is some bleeding associated with this normal month function that can inflame the peritoneum and cause pain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| middle pain | <gynaecology> One-sided lower abdominal (pelvic) pain that occurs at or around the time of ovulation (midcycle). Thought to be secondary to a stretching of the ovarian capsule and subsequent capsular rupture during expulsion of the egg. Inevitably, there is some bleeding associated with this normal month function that can inflame the peritoneum and cause pain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mind pain | 1. Distress attending a mental effort, noted especially in melancholia. Synonym: algopsychalia, mind pain, phrenalgia, psychalgalia, soul pain. Synonym: psychogenic pain. Origin: psych-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| movement-related pain | <symptom> A type of breakthrough pain that is related to specific activity, such as eating, defecation, socialising or walking. Also referred to as incident pain. (16 Dec 1997) |
| pleasure-pain principle | The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| congenital insensitivity to pain | <radiology> Autosomal recessive, neuropathic joints, micro- and macrofractures, epiphyseal separation, osteomyelitis (mandible, fingers, toes) Differential diagnosis: congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (autosomal recessive), hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy (autosomal recessive), congenital sensory neuropathy (autosomal dominant), familial dysautonomia (autosomal recessive), Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (X recessive) (12 Dec 1998) |
| myofacial pain-dysfunction syndrome | <syndrome> Dysfunction of the masticatory apparatus related to spasm of the muscles of mastication precipitated by occlusal dysharmony or alteration in vertical dimension of the jaws, and exacerbated by emotional stress; characterised by pain in the preauricular region, muscle tenderness, popping noise in the temporomandibular joint, and limitation of jaw motion. Synonym: temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |