Definitions For Nociceptor

Noun

NOCICEPTOR (plural NOCICEPTORs) A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus.

Antonyms

beneceptor

Derived terms

chemonociceptor mechanonociceptor

Related terms

nociception nociceptive

Etymology

{{coin, en, Charles Sherrington, in=1906, nat=English, occ=neurophysiologist}}, originally in the spelling noci-ceptor, from noceō + clipped form of receptor.

Is Nociceptor a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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16
Words with Friends
20

The word Nociceptor is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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