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) (physiology) The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nociceptor nocisensor ==== Translations ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “nociception”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. "IASP Terminology - IASP". www.iasp-pain.org. Retrieved 8 June 2020.