"nociception" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nociceptions [plural], nocioception [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- + -ception. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|nocēre||to hurt}} Latin nocēre (“to hurt”), {{surf|en|noci-|-ception|id2=medicine}} By surface analysis, noci- + -ception Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nociception (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptions)
  1. (physiology) The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: antinociception, chemonociception, hypernociception, mechanonociception, pronociception, thermonociception Related terms: nociceptor, nocisensor Translations (physiological process underlying the sensation of pain): nocicepció [feminine] (Catalan), nocicepce [feminine] (Czech), kipuaisti (Finnish), nociception [feminine] (French), nocicezione [feminine] (Italian), nocycepcja [feminine] (Polish), nocicepção [feminine] (Portuguese), nocicepción [feminine] (Spanish)

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