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nociceptive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌnoʊ.səˈsɛp.tɪv/ (General-American)
  • /ˌnəʊ.sɪˈsɛp.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *noḱéyeti Proto-Italic *nokeō Latin noceō Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive English nociceptive Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, from Latin noceō (“to do harm, to inflict injury”) + receptive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.

Forms

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noci-ceptive alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

thermonociceptive · pronociceptive · nociceptive pain · chemonociceptive · mechanonociceptive · nociplastic · nonnociceptive · hypernociceptive · antinociceptive · nociceptively · nociceptive reflex

Relateds

nociceptor