Usually means: Response to potentially damaging stimuli.
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  1. nociceptive: Merriam-Webster
  2. nociceptive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nociceptive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nociceptive: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. nociceptive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Nociceptive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. nociceptive: Rhymezone
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  13. nociceptive: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  1. nociceptive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  (physiology) Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.

Similar:
sensitive, noci-ceptive, hypernociceptive, nociperceptive, neuralgic, nociplastic, nocicipient, mechanonociceptive, sensorineural, pathoneurophysiological, more...

Opposite:
non-nociceptive, non-painful, painless

Types:
thermal, mechanical, chemical, more...

Phrases:
nociceptive pain, nociceptive reflexes, nociceptive reflex, nociceptive neuron, more...

Adjectives:
spinal, cutaneous, primary, peripheral, mixed, chronic, specific, acute, medullary, persistent, lumbar

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Similar:
sensitive, noci-ceptive, hypernociceptive, nociperceptive, neuralgic, nociplastic, nocicipient, mechanonociceptive, sensorineural, pathoneurophysiological, more...

Opposite:
non-nociceptive, non-painful, painless

Types:
thermal, mechanical, chemical, more...

Phrases:
nociceptive pain, nociceptive reflexes, nociceptive reflex, nociceptive neuron, more...

Adjectives:
spinal, cutaneous, primary, peripheral, mixed, chronic, specific, acute, medullary, persistent, lumbar

Colors:
    red,     crimson,     scarlet,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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