Nociceptive Definition

nōsĭ-sĕptĭv
adjective
Of, causing, or reacting to pain.
Webster's New World
Caused by or responding to a painful stimulus.
A nociceptive spinal reflex.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Nociceptive

  • From nociceptor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nociceptive Sentence Examples

  • Nociceptive nerves, which preferentially detect injury-causing stimuli, have been identified in a variety of animals, including invertebrates.

  • The results of these studies suggest that a sensitization of primary nociceptive sensory neurons is responsible for this hyperalgesia.

  • In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibition Tension Suppression System (NTI-tss).

  • Nociceptive pain, or the pain that is transmitted by nociceptors, is typically called acute pain.

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