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.
Palliative. [As distinct from Therapeutic.]
Anacusis is the medical term meaning complete deafness.
Syncope is the medical term meaning fainting.
Lamina is the medical term meaning layers.
Sensation is the medical term meaning feeling.
Eructation is the medical term meaning burping.eructation
Atrophy is the medical term meaning shrinking.
Metastasize is the medical term meaning "to spread."
Stasis is the medical term meaning stopping.
Strabismus is the medical term meaning cockeye.
Kyphotic is the medical term meaning humpbacked.
Exacerbation is the medical term meaning worsening.