Usually means: Sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. nociceptor: Merriam-Webster
  2. nociceptor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nociceptor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nociceptor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nociceptor: Wordnik
  6. nociceptor: Wiktionary
  7. nociceptor: Dictionary.com
  8. Nociceptor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. nociceptor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nociceptor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. nociceptor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  5. nociceptor: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus.

Similar:
nociceptive pain, nociception, nocisensor, mechanonociceptor, nociceptin, nocioception, noceffector, nociperception, algoneuron, hypernociception, more...

Opposite:
analgesic, painkiller, pain reliever

Types:
A-delta, C, mechanical, thermal, more...

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Similar:
nociceptive pain, nociception, nocisensor, mechanonociceptor, nociceptin, nocioception, noceffector, nociperception, algoneuron, hypernociception, more...

Opposite:
analgesic, painkiller, pain reliever

Types:
A-delta, C, mechanical, thermal, more...



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