Definition of referred pain in English English dictionary
Referred pain, also called reflective pain is pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus
pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease
Sclerotomic in distribution and felt distant from its origin (e g , bursitis in the shoulder produces pain in the lateral arm, and sciatic-like leg pain can be referred from the lower-back area)