hungerpain

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English

Noun

hungerpain (countable and uncountable, plural hungerpains)

  1. Alternative form of hunger pain.
    • 1917, The North American Journal of Homeopathy - Volume 65, page 13:
      In duodenal ulcer, vomiting is apt to occur at the time of the "hungerpain," two to four hours after food.
    • 1920, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record - Volume 98, page 349:
      This seems to prove that the so-called "hungerpain" is not a positive factor in the diagnosis of duodenal ulcers, because when the stomach is at rest from midnight until morning, the patient is free from pain.
    • 1922, Norbert Ortner, Generalized Pain - Volume 2, page 548:
      Intestinal parasites (tenia, trichocephalus, ascarides, oxyuris) also cause chronic dyspeptic troubles (loss of appetite, bulemia, hungerpains, vomiting, diarrhea) with accompanying pseudoneurasthenic manifestations, principally headaches, also vertigo, palpitation and emaciation.
    • 1967, Modern International Drama - Volumes 1-2, page 26:
      All the tortures of a lifetime without a face ... the miserable childhood ... the wretched years as a comedian . . . the hungerpain, the gorgon's head ... all that I owe to that . . .?