hungerpain

plural hungerpains

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of hunger pain.

   In duodenal ulcer, vomiting is apt to occur at the time of the "hungerpain," two to four hours after food.

   1917, The North American Journal of Homeopathy - Volume 65, page 13

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   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.

   1920, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record - Volume 98, page 349

   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.

   1922, Norbert Ortner, Generalized Pain - Volume 2, page 548

   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 . . .?

   1967, Modern International Drama - Volumes 1-2, page 26