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nociceptive pain

nociceptive pain noun: pain caused by potentially harmful stimuli that are detected by nociceptors around the body.

Noun

nociceptive pain (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptive pains)

  1. Pain caused by potentially harmful stimuli that are detected by nociceptors around the body.

Forms of nociceptive pain

pluralnociceptive pains

Questions about nociceptive pain

What does nociceptive pain mean?
Nociceptive pain means pain caused by potentially harmful stimuli that are detected by nociceptors around the body.
What part of speech is nociceptive pain?
Nociceptive pain is a noun.
What is the plural of nociceptive pain?
The plural of nociceptive pain is nociceptive pains.

Words near nociceptive pain in the dictionary

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

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