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nociception

nociception noun: the physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.

Noun

nociception (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptions)

  1. The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.
    • The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the...2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024

Forms of nociception

pluralnociceptions
alternative formnocioception

Origin of nociception

From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- + -ception.

Words formed from nociception

Questions about nociception

What does nociception mean?
Nociception means the physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.
What part of speech is nociception?
Nociception is a noun.
What is the plural of nociception?
The plural of nociception is nociceptions.

Words near nociception in the dictionary

  1. Noces
  2. noci-
  3. noci-ceptive
  4. nociceptin
  5. nociceptins
  6. nociception
  7. nociceptions
  8. nociceptive
  9. nociceptive pain
  10. nociceptive pains
  11. nociceptively

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