English Explanatory Dictionary

nociception

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.

Word forms

nociception nociceptions nocioception

Etymology

From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- + -ception.

Related words

nociceptor nocisensor

Derived words

antinociception chemonociception hypernociception mechanonociception pronociception thermonociception

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