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Pain Definition–noun | 1. | physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. |
| 2. | a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. |
| 3. | mental or emotional suffering or torment: I am sorry my news causes you such pain. |
| 4. | pains, | a. | laborious or careful efforts; assiduous care: Great pains have been taken to repair the engine perfectly. |
| b. | the suffering of childbirth. |
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| 5. | Informal. an annoying or troublesome person or thing. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to cause physical pain to; hurt. |
| 7. | to cause (someone) mental or emotional pain; distress: Your sarcasm pained me. |
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—Idioms| 9. | feel no pain, Informal. to be intoxicated: After all that free beer, we were feeling no pain. |
| 10. | on, upon, or under pain of, liable to the penalty of: on pain of death. |
| 11. | pain in the ass, Slang: Vulgar. pain (def. 5). |
| 12. | pain in the neck, Informal. pain (def. 5). |
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Medicine Definition–noun | 1. | any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy. |
| 2. | the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs, surgical operations or appliances, or manipulations: often divided into medicine proper, surgery, and obstetrics. |
| 3. | the art or science of treating disease with drugs or curative substances, as distinguished from surgery and obstetrics. | |
| 4. | the medical profession. |
| 5. | (among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to administer medicine to. |
—Idioms| 7. | give someone a dose or taste of his or her own medicine, to repay o
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| 8. | take one's medicine, to undergo or accept punishment, esp. deserved punishment: He took his medicine like a man. |
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Online Definition–adjective | 1. | operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer. |
| 2. | connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the Internet. |
| 3. | of or denoting a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines: an on-line bookstore. |
| 4. | available or operating on a computer or computer network: an on-line dictionary. |
| 5. | by means of or using a computer: on-line shopping. |
| 6. | Radio. (of a network) supplying affiliated stations with all or a substantial part of their programming. |
| 7. | Television. of or pertaining to the final editing of a videotaped program. |
| 8. | done or accomplished while in operation or active service: on-line maintenance. |
| 9. | located on major routes or rail lines: on-line industries. |
–adverb | 10. | with or through a computer, esp. over a network. |
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