Organ or Tissue Function
nociception
Subclass of:
Pain Perception
Definitions related to nociception:
  • Sensing of noxious mechanical, thermal or chemical stimuli by NOCICEPTORS. It is the sensory component of visceral and tissue pain (NOCICEPTIVE PAIN).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The stimulus-response process involving the stimulation of peripheral pain-carrying nerve fibers (e.g., C-fibers, A-delta fibers) and the transmission of impulses along peripheral nerves of the central nervous system, where the stimulus is perceived as pain. (Taber's)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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