Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nociception

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: no-ci-cep-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the hole appear, still felt the tiny slug passing through, still felt the quivering impact and the explosive exit. She felt the next three as well, and then she was standing over a cowering woman in a black leather jacket and beanie with a look of complete and total bafflement on her face."

Etymology

From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- + -ception.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nociceptions (plural) nocioception (alternative)

Derived Forms

antinociception chemonociception hypernociception mechanonociception pronociception thermonociception

Frequently Paired Words

nociceptor nocisensor

Questions

What does nociception mean?: The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.
Where does nociception come from?: From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- + -ception.

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