However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, the subjective interpretation of the discomfort.

pain also happens to be the French word for "bread". " So what," you say, and rightly so. Well, I'd like to relate a little experience that changed my attitude toward the French word ...

He's a real pain in the arse. Getting up for work at 5 a.m. is a pain in the ass. See also: arse, backside. be a pain in the neck (informal) to be very annoying. My little sister won't ...

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... retract from a painful stimulus, and helps adjust behaviour to increase avoidance of that particular harmful situation in the future. Given its significance, physical pain is also ...