Meaning & use
Lancinating
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Describing a sudden, sharp, piercing pain, often used in medical contexts to characterize certain types of nerve pain.
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The patient described a lancinating pain shooting down her leg.
Lancinating headaches can be a symptom of trigeminal neuralgia.
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"Lancinating" derives from the Latin "lancinare," meaning "to tear or mangle," reflecting the tearing, knife-like quality of the pain it describes.
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