đau quặn
Definition
- Adjective/Verb phrase:
- Colicky pain / to have colicky pain: A sharp, intense, and often intermittent pain that feels like a severe cramp or spasm, typically in the abdomen. It is commonly associated with conditions affecting hollow organs like the intestines, gallbladder, or uterus.
- Wrenching pain: A pain so severe it feels as if internal organs are being twisted or wrung.
Usage Examples
- Adjective/Verb phrase:
- Bệnh nhân nhập viện vì đau quặn bụng dữ dội. (The patient was hospitalized due to severe colicky abdominal pain.)
- Cô ấy đau quặn vùng thắt lưng. (She had a wrenching pain in her lower back.)
- Sỏi thận có thể gây ra những cơn đau quặn. (Kidney stones can cause bouts of colicky pain.)
Advanced Usage
- "đau quặn lòng": to feel a wrenching pain in one's heart; to be heartbroken or emotionally tormented.
- Nghe tin đó, tôi đau quặn lòng. (Hearing that news, I felt a wrenching pain in my heart / I was heartbroken.)
Variants and Related Words
Cơn đau quặn (n): an attack of colic; a spasm of colicky pain.
- Anh ấy trải qua từng cơn đau quặn do viêm ruột thừa. (He experienced repeated attacks of colicky pain from appendicitis.)
Quặn thắt (v): to constrict or twist severely (often used for pain or emotion).
- Nỗi đau quặn thắt trong lòng. (The pain twisted severely inside.)
Synonyms
- Colicky: relating to or resembling colic (sudden, severe abdominal pain).
- Cramping: involving a sudden, involuntary, and painful contraction of a muscle or organ.
- Spasmodic: occurring in brief, irregular bursts or spasms.
Related Medical Terms
- Biliary colic: colicky pain caused by gallstones.
- Renal colic: severe colicky pain caused by a kidney stone moving in the urinary tract.
- Intestinal colic: pain caused by spasms or obstruction in the intestines.