nociception

English

Alternative forms

• nocioception

Etymology

From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- +‎ -ception.

Noun

nociception (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptions)

1. (physiology) The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.
   • 2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2024:

     The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the hole appear, still felt the tiny slug passing through, still felt the quivering impact and the explosive exit. She felt the next three as well, and then she was standing over a cowering woman in a black leather jacket and beanie with a look of complete and total bafflement on her face.

Derived terms

• antinociception
• chemonociception
• hypernociception
• mechanonociception
• pronociception
• thermonociception

 

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
• Portuguese: nocicepção f
• Spanish: nocicepción f

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• "IASP Terminology - IASP". www.iasp-pain.org. Retrieved 8 June 2020.