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Word: Nociceptor
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from Latin nocere ‘to harm’ + receptor
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈnəʊsɪsɛptə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sensory receptor for painful stimuli
Short Definition:sensory receptor for painful stimuli
Examples:- the heat from eating chillies produces ‘nociceptor firing’
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