Pain Tolerance

Pain tolerance is the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate. Pain tolerance is distinct from pain threshold (the point at which pain begins to be felt).

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Famous quotes containing the words pain and/or tolerance:

    Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
    English proverb, collected in Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, no. 4321 (1732)

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    Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)