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...
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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 noxious stimuli." It is the afferent activity produced in the peripheral and central nervous system by stimuli that have the potential to damage tissue. This activity is initiated by...
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