lancinating
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When inflammation is passing on to suppuration the pain assumes a throbbing character, and as the pus reaches the surface, or “points,” as it is called, sharp, darting, or lancinating pains are experienced.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Those named later become tender, and the seat of lancinating or shooting pains.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
A calculus in the duct gives rise to sharp lancinating pain, which is aggravated when the patient takes food.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Neuralgic headaches are of an entirely different character; the pains are here of a lancinating character, and are not confined to any one region of the head.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
With the formation of pus the continuous burning or boring pain of inflammation assumes a throbbing character, with occasional sharp, lancinating twinges.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
