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nociceptions

nociceptions is the plural of nociception.

Meaning of nociception

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

Questions about nociceptions

What is nociceptions the plural of?
Nociceptions is the plural of nociception.

Words near nociceptions in the dictionary

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

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