PAINLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does painless mean? 

• PAINLESS (adjective)
  The adjective PAINLESS has 2 senses:

1. requiring little hard work or exertion

2. not causing physical or psychological pain

  Familiarity information: PAINLESS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAINLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Requiring little hard work or exertion

Context example:

a painless solution to the problem

Similar:

easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not causing physical or psychological pain

Context example:

painless dentistry

Similar:

pain-free; unpainful (not accompanied by pain sensations)

Also:

harmless (not causing or capable of causing harm)

Antonym:

painful (causing physical or psychological pain)

 Context examples 

It typically presents as a painless swelling in the lower portion of the parotid gland.

(Parotid Gland Warthin Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A chronic, benign, and usually painless inflammatory swelling of the lacrimal and salivary glands.

(Mikulicz Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It presents as a painless exophytic mass.

(Extraosseous/Peripheral Ameloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents as a firm and painless mass.

(Minor Salivary Gland Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents as a slow growing painless mass.

(Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Many imaging tests are painless and easy.

(Diagnostic Imaging, NIH)

Painless hemorrhage in the last trimester, particularly during the eighth month, is the most common symptom.

(Placenta Previa, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An intermediate cutaneous fibrohistiocytic neoplasm typically affecting young patients (predominantly boys), characterized by painless nodules in the dermis or subcutaneous tissues.

(Giant cell fibroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include the painless enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, or other immune tissue.

(Hodgkin Disease, NCI Dictionary)

A usually painless malignant tumor that arises from adipose tissue.

(Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)