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nociceptive

adj
/ˌnəʊ.sɪˈsɛp.tɪv/UK/ˌnoʊ.səˈsɛp.tɪv/US

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- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old 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.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻ — “to hold; to seize”
  2. derived from receptus — “retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received”
  3. derived from receptivus — “capable of receiving something”
  4. inherited from receptive
  5. formed as nociceptive — “noceō + receptive”

Definitions

  1. Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.

The neighborhood

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