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neuroception

neuroception noun: the unconscious detection of threat or safety.

Noun

neuroception (uncountable)

  1. The unconscious detection of threat or safety

Origin of neuroception

From neuro- + -ception.

Questions about neuroception

What does neuroception mean?
Neuroception means the unconscious detection of threat or safety.
What part of speech is neuroception?
Neuroception is a noun.

Words near neuroception in the dictionary

  1. neurocellular
  2. neurocentra
  3. neurocentral
  4. neurocentric
  5. neurocentrum
  6. neuroception
  7. neurocerebral
  8. neurochaeta
  9. neurochaetae
  10. neurochemical
  11. neurochemically

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