pain thresholds
- plural of pain threshold.
Example Sentences
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Yet the United States’ social hypochondria has deepened, and Americans’ pain thresholds have lowered during the nation’s advancement.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021
Players have immense pain thresholds, but they also minimize injuries, if they bother disclosing them, out of fear, as well — fear of losing their jobs, their livelihoods, their sense of self.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
There's nothing like it, a two-month test of will and pain thresholds, of players taking pucks to the face or shin and taping an aspirin to it before they go back out for more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
Markers of inflammation in the blood might correlate with clinical signs of hyperalgesia or declining pain thresholds on sensory tests.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 3, 2016
In one, they compared the pain thresholds of two groups of musicians: Twelve drummers who play together on a regular basis, and nine musicians who worked at a musical instrument store.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2012
