nociception

nociception

English

Alternative forms

• nocioception

Etymology

From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception.

Noun

nociception (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptions)

1. (physiology) The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.

Related terms

• nociceptor
• nocisensor

Translations

physiological process underlying the sensation of pain

Catalan: nocicepció f Czech: nocicepce f Finnish: kipuaisti

French: nociception (fr) f Italian: nocicezione (it) f Spanish: nocicepción f

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• International Association for the Study of Pain (accessed 24 April 2012), “IASP taxonomy”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, archived from the original on 25 March 2014