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Definition of Throe

1. Noun. Severe spasm of pain. "The throes of childbirth"

2. Noun. Hard or painful trouble or struggle. "A country in the throes of economic collapse"

Definition of Throe

1. n. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.

2. v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

3. v. t. To put in agony.

Definition of Throe

1. Noun. severe spasm of pain, especially near the moment of death ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Throe

1. a violent spasm of pain [n -S]

Medical Definition of Throe

1. 1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. "Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes." (Milton) 2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. Origin: OE. Rowe, rave, AS. Rea a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. Ra a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. Reowian to suffer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Throe

throats throatwort throatworts throaty throb throbbed throbber throbbers throbbier throbbiest

throbbing throbbingly throbbings throbby throbs throe (current term) throed throeing throes thromb-

thromb-endarterectomy thrombase thrombasthenia thrombectomies thrombectomy thrombelastography thrombendarterectomy thrombendarteriectomies thrombendarteriectomy thrombendoarterectomy

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