Chemonociception

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Chemical nociception. uncountable

    "The complete insensitivity of the superficial chemonociception contrasts sharply with the finding that the nervous elements subserving nociception in some subcutaneous, visceral and periarterial tissues remain chemically excitable."

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"The complete insensitivity of the superficial chemonociception contrasts sharply with the finding that the nervous elements subserving nociception in some subcutaneous, visceral and periarterial tissues remain chemically excitable."

Etymology

From chemo- + nociception.

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