| HSAP | heat-stable alkaline phosphatase |
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| HSF | heat shock factor; hepatocyte stimulatory factor; histamine sensitizing factor; human serum esterase... |
| HSI | heat stress index; human seminal plasma inhibitor |
| HSP | Health Systems Plan; heat shock protein; hemostatic screening profile; Henoch-Schonlein purpura; her... |
| hsp | heat shock protein [gene] |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| myofascial pain | <symptom> A large group of muscle disorders characterised by the presence of hypersensitive points, called trigger points, within one or more muscles and/or the investing connective tissue together with a syndrome of pain, muscle spasm, tenderness, stiffness, limitation of motion, weakness and occasionally autonomic dysfunction. (16 Dec 1997) |
| myofascial pain syndromes | Muscular pain in numerous body regions that can be reproduced by pressure on trigger points, localised hardenings in skeletal muscle tissue. Pain is referred to a location distant from the trigger points. A prime example is the temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postprandial pain | Pain occurring after eating, typical of malignancy in oesophagus or stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic pain | Somatoform pain; pain which is associated or correlated with a psychological, emotional, or behavioural stimulus. Synonym: psychalgia, somatoform pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic pain disorder | A disorder in which the principal complaint is pain that is out of proportion to objective findings and that is related to psychological factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hunger pain | Cramp in the epigastrium associated with hunger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatoform pain | Somatoform pain; pain which is associated or correlated with a psychological, emotional, or behavioural stimulus. Synonym: psychalgia, somatoform pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soul 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) |
| 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) |
| nerve pain | An obsolete term for neuralgia. (05 Mar 2000) |