Pain: definitions and terms

Question 1

Pain def.

Answer 1

Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual/potential damage, described in terms of such damage

Question 2

Nociception

Answer 2

The transduction, conduction, and processing of noxious stimuli

Question 3

Algesimetry

Answer 3

measurement of pain, including pain threshold, intensity and tolerance

Question 4

Neuralgia

Answer 4

pain caused by prolonged irritation of neural pathways leading to pathological impulse generation

Question 5

Causalgia

Answer 5

pain associated with traumatic nerve injury

Question 6

Chronic pain

Answer 6

pain that persists for more than 3 months

Question 7

Hyperaesthesia

Answer 7

oversensitivity of mechano/thermo systems to non-noxious stimuli

Question 8

Hyperalgesia

Answer 8

oversensivity of nociceptive system to noxious stimuli

Question 9

Allodynia

Answer 9

pain associated with response of the nociceptive system to non-noxious stimuli

Question 10

Analgesia

Answer 10

complete absence of pain in response to noxious stimuli

Question 11

local anaesthesia

Answer 11

complete block all modalities of sensation arising from a restricted region of the sensory surface

Question 12

general anaesthesia

Answer 12

complete block of all modalities of sensation