Pain Therapy

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** (i) the systematic study of clinical and basic science and its application for the reduction of pain and suffering; (ii) the blending of tools, techniques and principles taken from the discrete healing art disciplines and reformulated as a holistic application for the reduction of pain and suffering; and (iii) a newly emerging discipline emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach with a goal of reduction of pain and suffering. (AAPM)

**Synonyms:** - Analgesia - Pain Control - Pain Management - Pain, Pain Management - analgesia