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BookmarkPain's an unpleasant sensation which may be associated with actual or potential tissue damage and which may have physical and emotional components.
According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), one should distinguish between pain and nociception..
For more information about the topic Pain, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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