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Pain threshold
Pain threshold The least experience of pain that a person can recognize.
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Pain
An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience primarily associated with tissue damage, or described in terms of tissue damage, or both.
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Pain
An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience primarily associated with tissue damage, or described in terms of tissue damage, or both.
Pain tolerance level
The greatest level of pain that a person is prepared to tolerate.
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