| ACU | acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit |
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| BU | base of prism up; Bethesda unit; blood urea; Bodansky unit; bromouracil; burn unit |
| CICU | cardiac intensive care unit; cardiovascular inpatient care unit; coronary intensive care unit |
| CSU | casualty staging unit; catheter specimen of urine; central statistical unit; clinical specialty unit... |
| CTU | cardiac-thoracic unit; centigrade thermal unit; constitutive transcription unit |
| neck pain | A more or less localised sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the neck, resulting from the stimulation of specialised nerve endings. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nerve pain | An obsolete term for neuralgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuropathic pain | <symptom> Pain that results from a disturbance of function or pathologic change in a nerve, in one nerve mononeuropathy, in several nerves, mononeuropathy multiplex, if diffuse and bilateral, polyneuropathy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| night pain | Denoting especially the osteocopic pains of syphilis occurring at night. Synonym: night pain. Origin: nyct-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| deafferentation pain | <symptom> Pain due to loss of sensory input into the central nervous system, as occurs with avulsion of the brachial plexus or other types of lesions of peripheral nerves or because of pathology of the central nervous system. (16 Dec 1997) |
| dental pain | The most common cause of a toothache is a dental cavity. The second most common is gum disease. Toothache can be caused by a problem that does not originate from a tooth or the jaw. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dream pain | Pain occurring during sleep. Synonym: dream pain. Origin: hypno-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| incident 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) |
| indifference to pain syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital insensitivity to pain, possibly due to an absence of organised nerve endings in the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermenstrual pain | Pelvic discomfort occurring approximately at the time of ovulation, usually at the midpoint of the menstrual cycle. Synonym: midpain. Synonym: mittelschmerz. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intractable pain | Pain resistant or refractory to ordinary analgesic agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic pain | Pain caused by an organic lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporomandibular joint 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) |
| elbow pain | The elbow joint is quite complex because it is the area of union of three long bones. Elbow pain has many causes including arthritis and bursitis. Tendinitis can affect the inner or outer elbow; the treatment includes ice, rest, and medication for inflammation. Bacteria can also infect the skin of the scraped (abraded) elbow. The funny bone nerve can be irritated at the elbow to cause numbness and tingling of the little and ring fingers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| facial pain | Pain in the face including the orofacial and craniofacial regions. (12 Dec 1998) |