adjective
- characterized by or experiencing sharp, stabbing pain; pierced or wounded
Usage: medical or literary usage
verb
- past tense of lancinate; to cause sharp, stabbing pain or to pierce with or as if with a lance
Usage: medical or literary usage; often used in medical contexts to describe sudden, sharp pain
Examples
- The patient reported lancinated pain in her shoulder after the injury.
- A lancinated sensation shot through his leg when he moved.
- The doctor noted the lancinated quality of the patient's complaints.
- Sharp, lancinated pains accompanied the infection.
- She described a lancinated ache that came and went throughout the day.