The medical prefix for painful is 'dys-' so if the patient was suffering from something such as painful swallowing, it would be known as dysphagia.
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Palliative. [As distinct from Therapeutic.]
Syncope is the medical term meaning fainting.
Anacusis is the medical term meaning complete deafness.
Lamina is the medical term meaning layers.
Sensation is the medical term meaning feeling.
Eructation is the medical term meaning burping.eructation
Kyphotic is the medical term meaning humpbacked.
Atrophy is the medical term meaning shrinking.
Alimentation is the medical term meaning food.
Flexion is the medical term meaning bending
Unguis is the medical term meaning nail.
Acornuate is the medical term meaning hornless.