nociception

English

Alternative forms

• nocioception

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception.

Noun

nociception (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptions)

1. (physiology) The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.

Related terms

• nociceptor
• nocisensor

Derived terms

• antinociception
• chemonociception
• hypernociception
• mechanonociception
• pronociception
• thermonociception

 

Translations

physiological process underlying the sensation of pain

• Catalan: nocicepció f
• Czech: nocicepce f
• Finnish: kipuaisti
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: nociception (fr) f
• Italian: nocicezione (it) f
• Portuguese: nocicepção f
• Spanish: nocicepción f

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• International Association for the Study of Pain (2012 April 24 (last accessed)) “IASP taxonomy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 March 2014