Meaning of hungerpain | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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 . . .?”

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