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chemonociception

chemonociception noun: chemical nociception.

Noun

chemonociception (uncountable)

  1. Chemical nociception.
    • The complete insensitivity of the superficial chemonociception contrasts sharply with the finding that the nervous elements subserving nociception in some subcutaneous, visceral and periarterial tissues remain chemically excitable.1970, GB Makara, “Superficial and deep chemonociception: differential inhibition by pretreatment with capsaicin.”, in Acta Physiologica Academiae Scientiarum, volume 38, number 4, page 393
    • In all reported studies the blockade of chemonociception to large scale of agents was clearly shown, but antinociceptive effect against noxious heat or mechanical stimuli resulted in controversial results.2014, Omar M. E. Abdel-Salam, Capsaicin as a Therapeutic Molecule, page 13

Origin of chemonociception

From chemo- + nociception.

Questions about chemonociception

What does chemonociception mean?
Chemonociception means chemical nociception.
What part of speech is chemonociception?
Chemonociception is a noun.

Words near chemonociception in the dictionary

  1. chemomodulation
  2. chemonaive
  3. chemonastic
  4. chemonasty
  5. chemonaïve
  6. chemonociception
  7. chemonociceptive
  8. chemonociceptor
  9. chemonociceptors
  10. chemonucleolysis
  11. chemoorganoheterotroph

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