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2024
nociception
nociception
English
Noun
nociception
(
uncountable
)
The physiological process underlying the
sensation
of
pain
.
Related terms
nociceptor
Translations
physiological process underlying the sensation of pain
Catalan:
nocicepció
f
Czech:
nocicepce
f
Spanish:
nocicepción
f
References
OED 2nd edition 1989
International Association for the Study of Pain
(accessed 24 April2012),
“IASP taxonomy”, in
(Please provide the title of the work)
Etymology
From
Latin
nocēre
(
“
to hurt
”
)
+
(re)ception
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