English Explanatory Dictionary

nociceptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.

Pronunciation

/ˌnəʊ.sɪˈsɛp.tɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nociceptive.wav /ˌnoʊ.səˈsɛp.tɪv/

Word forms

nociceptive noci-ceptive

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *noḱéyeti Proto-Italic *nokeō Latin noceō Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive English nociceptive Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, from Latin noceō (“to do harm, to inflict injury”) + receptive.

Related words

nociceptor

Derived words

antinociceptive chemonociceptive hypernociceptive mechanonociceptive nociceptively nociceptive pain nociceptive reflex nociplastic nonnociceptive pronociceptive thermonociceptive
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