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nociception /no·ci·cep·tion/ (no″sĭ-sep´shun) pain sense.

nociception [no″se-sep´shun]

the ability to feel pain, caused by stimulation of a nociceptor. Physiologically, it is composed of four processes: transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception. Called also pain sense, algesia, and algesthesia.

The four processes that make up nociception: transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception. From Ferrante and VadeBoncouer, 1993.

nociception (nōˑ·si·sep·sh

n),

n awareness of tissue injury.

nociception

perception of a painful stimulus.

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