nociceptor

伤害感受器

词形变化

nociceptors 复数 nociceptors

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus.

    医学

词源

Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, originally in the spelling noci-ceptor, from noceō + clipped form of receptor, signifying pain detection.

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