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hunger pain

hunger pain noun: eggcorn of hunger pang.

Noun

hunger pain (countable and uncountable, plural hunger pains)

  1. Eggcorn of hunger pang.
    • Given a history of repeated, definite attacks of hunger pain and food ease, recurring each day at the same time after meals, and relieved by food or alkalies; with intervals of normal health; the attacks gradually' increasing in severity and frequence, a positive diagnosis of duodenal ulcer should...1910, New York State Journal of Medicine - Volumes 10-11, page 538
    • He concluded that hunger pains in ulcer cases are not due to hunger contractions per se, but to hyperexcitability of the sensory nerves in the stomach wall.1920, American Medicine - Volume 26, page 424

hunger pain meaning in Tamil

hunger pain in Tamil

பசிநோய், பசி வலி

Examples of hunger pain in a sentence

  • A typical presentation will be chronic dyspepsia with an epigastric gnawing or hunger pain, both of which are temporarily relieved by food or antacids.2007, David Scott Smith, Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, page 114:
  • To think, my father and I went jet-skiing off the coast of a nation characterized by constant hunger pains, only to return to our ship in time for the elaborate banquet held that evening.2007, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), A Future with No One Living in Poverty and Hunger, page 1:
  • Donovan's observations show that the early onset of acute hunger pain subsides after approximately twenty-four hours.2012, Tim Pat Coogan, The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy:
  • On average we ate just one meal a day and when we would eat it was just enough to satisfy the hunger pain.2013, J. Cuartas, Pay With Paper: A Beginner Guide To Couponing!:

Forms of hunger pain

pluralhunger pains
alternative formhunger-pain
alternative formhungerpain

Questions about hunger pain

What does hunger pain mean?
Hunger pain means eggcorn of hunger pang.
What is hunger pain in Tamil?
Hunger pain in Tamil is பசிநோய், பசி வலி. See Hunger pain meaning in Tamil.
How do you use hunger pain in a sentence?
A typical presentation will be chronic dyspepsia with an epigastric gnawing or hunger pain, both of which are temporarily relieved by food or antacids.
What part of speech is hunger pain?
Hunger pain is a noun.
What is the plural of hunger pain?
The plural of hunger pain is hunger pains.

Words near hunger pain in the dictionary

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  6. hunger pain
  7. hunger pains
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