doln.
/dəʊl/ A unit of intensity of pain.
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dol1947
1947 J. D. Hardy et al. in Jrnl. Clin. Investig. 26 1158/1 A scale of pain intensity is proposed, the unit of which is called a ‘dol’, composed of 2 just perceptible steps in discrimination of stimulus intensity.
1957 H. J. Eysenck Sense & Nonsense in Psychol. vi. 238 A psychological torture instrument, the dolorimeter, which measures pain in units called dols.
1962 J. D. Hardy in Keele & Smith Assessment of Pain in Man & Animals 194 Above 8 dols, however, the intensity of pain no longer increases rapidly with skin temperature.
1964 C. A. Keele & D. Armstrong Substances producing Pain & Itch iii. 32 On this scale ‘ceiling’ pain intensity has a value of 10½ dols.
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