nociplastic
nociplastic adjective: of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.
Adjective
nociplastic (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.
- Patients with rheumatic conditions often have mixed pain states, with varying degrees of nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic mechanisms, which exist on a continuum. When individuals with any chronic pain have a nociplastic component to their symptoms, they are less likely to respond to...2021, Deeba Minhas, Daniel Joseph Clauw, “Pain Mechanisms in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases”, in Maripat Corr, editor, Pain in Rheumatic Diseases, Elsevier, unnumbered page
- Pain can be classified as nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic as per the International Association for the Study of Pain [6, 7]. Fibromyalgia falls within the nociplastic classification.2023, George Deng, “9: Fibromyalgia”, in Brian W. Blakley, Joan E. Blakley, editors, Functional Illness of the Head and Neck, Springer, page 75
Examples of nociplastic in a sentence
- Patients with rheumatic conditions often have mixed pain states, with varying degrees of nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic mechanisms, which exist on a continuum.2021, Deeba Minhas, Daniel Joseph Clauw, “Pain Mechanisms in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases”, in Maripat Corr, editor, Pain in Rheumatic...
- Peripheral sensitisation of nociceptive neurons can enhance or prolong the pain experience, even without sensitisation of central neurons (i.e. nociplastic or central sensitisation).2024, Elaine Atkins, Emily Goodlad, Sharon Braddock, A Practical Approach to Musculoskeletal Medicine, 5th edition, Elsevier, page 5:
Origin of nociplastic
Blend of nociceptive + neuroplastic, or perhaps noci- + plastic.
Words formed from nociplastic
Words that rhyme with nociplastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
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- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
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- alloplastic
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- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
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- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
Questions about nociplastic
- What does nociplastic mean?
- Nociplastic means of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.
- How do you use nociplastic in a sentence?
- Patients with rheumatic conditions often have mixed pain states, with varying degrees of nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic mechanisms, which exist on a continuum.
- What part of speech is nociplastic?
- Nociplastic is an adjective.
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