"Superficial" pain is initiated by activation of nociceptors in the skin or superficial tissues. He is blatantly materialistic, narcissistic and superficial. Visceral fascia is less extensible than superficial fascia. American literary critic Edmund Wilson lambasted her prose as banal and her characterizations as superficial. She is shown to be highly superficial and materialistic. They charged me with being superficial and trivial. It most commonly occurs in superficial veins. Impetigo is a bacterial infection that involves the superficial skin. This contributed to divisive doctrinal confrontations that were often superficial and dogmatic. It is sometimes used therapeutically in radiotherapy to treat superficial tumors. For patients with palpable nodal disease, removal of the superficial and deep basins are recommended. Complications may include bleeding or superficial thrombophlebitis. Neither of these men sustained more than superficial burns. Infrapatellar bursitis is inflammation of the superficial or deep infrapatellar bursa. Some critics are poor writers and produce only superficial or unsubstantiated work.