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the body keeping time with itself, one urgent beat at a wound or a wanting
means To beat or pulse with a strong, rhythmic intensity — as a wound, a heart, or an ache does when it makes itself felt.
from An echoic word, born from the sound and feel of the thing itself — that dull repeated pounding. It surfaces in Middle English as 'throbben,' and like 'throb,' 'thrum,' and 'thump,' it belongs to a small family of words that imitate a heavy, recurring beat rather than descending from any single ancient root.
- blood at work
- throbbing is your pulse you can suddenly feel
- swollen alarm
- injured tissue throbs as pressure rises and falls
- word origin
- likely imitating the heart's own muffled drumbeat
- two flavors
- pain and desire borrow the same rhythm
- migraine signature
- the throbbing ache pulses in sync with blood flow
heart palpitations — affects 16 million americans annually, irregular heartbeat sensation
migraines with aura — throbbing pain in 39% of migraine sufferers, temple region
tendinitis inflammation — causes throbbing in tendons, especially achilles, from overuse injury