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complain of

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complain of (something)

To state the physical ailments or symptoms of illness that one is experiencing. The appendicitis patient came into the ER complaining of stomach pain. A: "What is your evaluation?" B: "The patient is complaining of significant back and flank pain, so I think a kidney stone is a real possibility." Your Aunt Dot was complaining of a headache, so I told her to go lie down.
See also: complain, of
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complain of something

to moan and suffer from a disease; to report the symptoms of a disease or health condition. Kenneth complained of a headache and general weakness. The patient was complaining of a headache.
See also: complain, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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As it was, nobody having reason to complain of unjustly-diminished wages, nobody cared about any preferences in which profit was not involved.
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Upjohn came sometimes before Philip was in, and then Cronshaw would complain of him bitterly.
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Bounderby, folding his arms, 'do you people, in a general way, complain of?'
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When patients complain of symptoms in the anterior nose or vestibular region, the etiology can include hair follicle inflammation, cysts, nasal polyps, and neoplasms, including papilloma and skin- or mucosa-based malignancies.
Epidermal inclusion cyst in the nasal vestibule. (Rhinoscopic Clinic)
Dr Paul Wilson, a GP and managing medical officer at Leyhill, said that Nixon was given a medical when he first transferred to the prison in April 1998 and did not complain of any problems.
Murderer did not ask for cancer treatment
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