nociceptor
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nociceptor
[no″se-sep´tor]a receptor for pain, stimulated by various kinds of tissue injury. adj., adj nocicep´tive.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
no·ci·cep·tor
(nō'si-sep'tŏr, -tōr),A peripheral nerve organ or mechanism for the reception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli.
[noci- + L. capio, to take]
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nociceptor
(nō′sĭ-sĕp′tər)n.
A sensory receptor that responds to pain.
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nociceptor
Pain receptor Neurology Any of a class of periarticular and mucocutaneous sense organs and neural receptors–eg, reflex loops for reception and response to pain; located primarily in the skin or viscera, nociceptors respond to chemical, mechanical, or other stimuliMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
no·ci·cep·tor
(nō'si-sep'tŏr)A peripheral nerve organ or mechanism for the reception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli.
[noci- + L. capio, to take]
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nociceptor
a receptor in the form of a naked dendrite which reacts in response to a pain stimulus.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Nociceptor
A nerve cell that is capable of sensing pain and transmitting a pain signal.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
no·ci·cep·tor
(nō'si-sep'tŏr)Peripheral nerve organ or mechanism for the reception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli.
[noci- + L. capio, to take]
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