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Pain Glossary

Though we have tried to make this website very user-friendly, a number of terms may be used, and may also appear in other websites linked to ours, or that you find elsewhere.  In addition, many entries in this glossary link to pages elsewhere in our site which give more detail.

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  • A-B 13
  • C 6
  • D-F 8
  • G-I 7
  • J-N 10
  • O-R 12
  • S 4
  • T-Z 1
  • All 61

A

  • Acute Pain
  • Adjuvant analgesics
  • Agonist
  • Algodystrophy
  • Allodynia
  • Anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia Dolorosa
  • Analgesic
  • Antagonist
  • Antalgesic
  • Anterior
  • Autonomic Nerves (and autonomic nervous system)

B

  • Bilateral

C

  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Causalgia
  • Central nervous system (CNS)
  • Chronic Pain
  • Costochondritis
  • CSF or Cerebrospinal Fluid

D

  • Deafferentation Pain
  • Degeneration
  • Dermatome
  • Diabetic neuropathy
  • Dysaesthesia

E

  • Efficacy

F

  • Facet Joint
  • Fibromyalgia

G

  • Glial cell

H

  • Hyperaesthesia
  • Hyperalgesia
  • Hyperpathia
  • Hypoaesthesia

I

  • IASP
  • Idiopathic

L

  • Lumbago

M

  • Mindfulness

N

  • Neurogenic pain
  • Neuron
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Neurotransmitter
  • NNH
  • NNT
  • Nociceptive pain
  • Nociceptor

O

  • Opioid / Opiate
  • Osteophyte

P

  • Pain Behaviour
  • Palliative Care
  • Paraesthesia
  • Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
  • Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
  • Placebo
  • Plasticity
  • Potency
  • Pre-emptive analgesia

R

  • Receptor

S

  • Scoliosis
  • Sensitisation
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Synapse

Z

  • Zygapophyseal joints
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