Look up: nociception

1. Nociception
   Describes the sensation of pain. Nociceptive stimuli are painful stimuli.
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2. nociception
   Detection of pain. See capsaicin.
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3. nociception
   (no″sĭ-sep´shәn) the ability to feel pain, caused by stimulation of a nociceptor. Physiologically, it is composed of four processes: transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception. Called also pain sense, algesia, and algesthesia.
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4. nociception
   (from the article `nervous system, human`) Although the warning function of pain is obvious, it is not equivalent to nociception, the perception of forces likely to damage the tissues of the ... ...they normally respond; thus, there are photoreceptors (for light), mechanoreceptors (for distortion or bending), thermoreceptors (for heat),...
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5. nociception
   nociception The sense of pain.
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6. Nociception
   `Nociception` (synonym: nocioception or nociperception) is defined as "the neural processes of encoding and processing doi = 10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.025 -->--> It is the afferent activity produced in the peripheral and central isbn=0-8247-8822-2 -->--><ref name="Bayne"/> This activi...
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