Also means
pulsating sensation
Usage Note
Pochen as a noun (das Pochen) means a throbbing, pounding, or pulsating sensation. Ein Pochen am Schläfenbein (a throbbing at the temple) describes a typical migraine or tension headache. The verb pochen also means to knock or insist.
Examples
"Sie spürte ein heftiges Pochen in der Schläfe."
Natural Translation
She felt an intense throbbing in her temple.
Literal Translation
She felt an intense throbbing in the temple.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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