nociceptive

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   caused by or in response to pain

   “a nociceptive spinal reflex”

   Similarsensitive

Questions about nociceptive

What does nociceptive mean?

nociceptive means "caused by or in response to pain".

How many syllables are in nociceptive?

nociceptive has 4 syllables: no-ci-cep-tive. The stress falls on "ci".

Is nociceptive a common word?

nociceptive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.