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Preferred Name

Nociception
Synonyms

Nociception

Definitions

The stimulus-response process involving the stimulation of peripheral pain-carrying nerve fibers (e.g., C-fibers, A-delta fibers) and the transmission of impulses along peripheral nerves of the central nervous system, where the stimulus is perceived as pain. (Taber's)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C21075

code

C21075

DEFINITION

The stimulus-response process involving the stimulation of peripheral pain-carrying nerve fibers (e.g., C-fibers, A-delta fibers) and the transmission of impulses along peripheral nerves of the central nervous system, where the stimulus is perceived as pain. (Taber's)

FULL_SYN

Nociception

label

Nociception

Legacy Concept Name

Nociception

Preferred_Name

Nociception

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C21075

Semantic_Type

Physiologic Function

UMLS_CUI

C0234194

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C19989

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