nociceptiveadj.
/ˌnəʊsᵻˈsɛptɪv/, U.S. /ˌnoʊsəˈsɛptɪv/ Physiology.
Capable of responding to pain or to tissue injury; involved in, relating to, or triggering the neural processes associated with the sensation of or response to pain. Also (of pain): caused by or associated with tissue injury.
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projectional1852
facilitatory1867
conductive1881
cheirokinaesthetic1900
nociceptive1904
interoceptive1906
photoreceptive1906
proprioceptive1906
adrenotropic1915
photosensory1919
adrenergic1934
saltatory1934
somatotopic1945
psychomotoric1949
supersensitive1949
mechanoreceptive1951
trans-synaptic1954
somatotopical1958
electroreceptive1967
psychomotorical1969
1904 C. S. Sherrington in Nature 8 Sept. 463/1 In this reaction the reflex arc is (i) the receptive neurone..(nociceptive) from the foot to the spinal segment, [etc.]... Stimulation (nociceptive) of the foot causes flexion of its own leg and extension of the opposite.
1956 Nature 18 Feb. 340/1 In the lightly anæsthetised preparations, nociceptive stimuli, twisting the pinna and electrical stimulation of the reticular activating system produced transient changes in the cortical blood-flow.
1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 546/2 Dr. W. Koll..described his work on the action of various pharmacological substances on nociceptive spinal reflexes.
1974 Sci. Amer. Jan. 43/1 The nociceptive (N) cells require still stronger mechanical stimuli.
1990 Current Therapy Neurol. Dis. 3 67/2 Recent evidence suggests that as the extremity warms, heat sensitive nociceptive afferents are stimulated.
2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June (Tempo section) 16/4 Nociceptive pain, which is present when there is clear tissue damage, includes such ailments as arthritis of the hip, some types of cancer and an infection in a bone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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