nociception.

The nervous system’s detection and encoding of stimuli that threaten or cause tissue damage.

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Words that belong together

• nociceptive signaling
• nociception without conscious awareness

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The researcher separated nociception from the subject’s account of conscious pain.

In the story, the altered body preserved nociception while the narrator felt nothing.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.