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nociplastic pain

nociplastic pain noun: heightened responsiveness to sensory input, thought to result from dysfunction in the processing of pain signals by the central nervous system.

Noun

nociplastic pain (uncountable)

  1. Heightened responsiveness to sensory input, thought to result from dysfunction in the processing of pain signals by the central nervous system.
    • Nociplastic pain is clearly dysfunctional as it serves no protective benefit to the people experiencing it.
    • Nociplastic pain is significantly disproportionate to any plausible tissue contributions, persists beyond expected tissue healing times and may be recurrent in nature.2019, Mark A. Jones, Darren A. Rivett, Clinical Reasoning in Musculoskeletal Practice, Elsevier, 2nd Edition, E-book Edition, page 40

Synonyms of nociplastic pain

Questions about nociplastic pain

What does nociplastic pain mean?
Nociplastic pain means heightened responsiveness to sensory input, thought to result from dysfunction in the processing of pain signals by the central nervous system.
What part of speech is nociplastic pain?
Nociplastic pain is a noun.

Words near nociplastic pain in the dictionary

  1. nocino
  2. nocioception
  3. nociperception
  4. nociperceptive
  5. nociplastic
  6. nociplastic pain
  7. nociplasticity
  8. nocireception
  9. nocireceptive
  10. nocireceptor
  11. nocireceptors

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