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nociceptor

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nociceptor /ˈnəʊsɪˌsɛptə/

▶noun Physiology a sensory receptor that reacts to painful stimuli.

– derivatives
nociceptive adjective.

– origin early 20th cent.: from L. nocere ‘to harm’ + receptor.

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