NOCICEPTIVE


Meaning of NOCICEPTIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌnō-si-ˈsep-tiv ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin nocēre + English -i- + re ceptive

Date: 1904

1. of a stimulus : painful , injurious

2. : of, induced by, or responding to a nociceptive stimulus

nociceptive pain

a nociceptive nerve pathway

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