Synonyms and antonyms of Specific types of pain in American Thesaurus

backache (noun)

a pain or pains in your back

bellyache (noun)

informal a pain in your stomach

charley horse (noun)

Americaninformal a pain, especially in your leg or foot, caused by a muscle becoming tight or stiff

colic (noun)

pain that a baby has in its stomach

cramp (noun)

a sudden severe pain in a tired muscle that becomes very tight

cramps (noun)

pains that a woman sometimes gets during her period

crick (noun)

a sudden pain in your neck or back caused when the muscles become stiff

earache (noun)

pain in your ear, usually caused by an infection

electric shock (noun)

a sudden flow of electricity going through your body that causes pain and sometimes death

eyestrain (noun)

a condition in which your eyes hurt, for example because you have been reading a lot

growing pains (noun)

pains that children and teenagers sometimes get in their arms and legs because they are growing

headache (noun)

a pain in your head

lumbago (noun)

continuous pain in your lower back

pins and needles (noun)

the slightly painful feeling that you get in a part of your body when you move it after it has been in an uncomfortable position for a long time

sciatica (noun)

severe pain in your lower back, or the back of the top of your legs, caused by pressure on a nerve

splitting headache ()

a very bad pain in your head

stitch (noun)

a sharp pain in the side of your body that you sometimes feel when you are running

stomach ache (noun)

pain in your stomach

toothache (noun)

a pain in one or more of your teeth

writer’s cramp (noun)

a pain in your hand or arm caused by writing for a long time