Usually means: Minimum intensity causing perceptible pain.
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  1. pain threshold: Merriam-Webster
  2. pain threshold: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pain threshold: Vocabulary.com
  4. pain threshold: Wiktionary
  5. pain threshold: Dictionary.com
  6. Pain threshold: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. pain threshold: Rhymezone
  8. pain threshold: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pain threshold: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. pain threshold: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pain threshold: Legal dictionary

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  1. pain threshold: Encyclopedia

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  4. pain threshold: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. pain threshold: Medical dictionary
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  1. pain threshold: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pain_thresholds as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pain threshold)

noun:  The minimum intensity or duration of a sensory stimulus applied to a living being at which it becomes considered painful.
noun:  (in non-technical use) The maximum amount of pain that one can endure.

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