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What is "nociceptive"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nociceptive

1904, from Latin noci-, comb. form of nocere "to do harm" (see innocuous) + second element from receptive.

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nociceptive

a. 1 (context of a stimulus English) Causing pain. 2 (context of a reflex etc English) Caused by pain.

WordNet
nociceptive

adj. caused by or in response to pain; "a nociceptive spinal reflex"

Usage examples of "nociceptive".

The simulated belief system did not recognise nociceptive input as valid, and hence neither did the Gromburg thing experience the pain of honeycombed calcium scaffolding being snapped and layers of watery tissue being rearranged, the cosmetic alterations effected by medical nchoi under executive control, sculpting a new appearance.