Diseases

Nociceptive Pain

Dull or sharp aching pain caused by stimulated NOCICEPTORS due to tissue injury, inflammation or diseases. It can be divided into somatic or tissue pain and VISCERAL PAIN.

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Dull or sharp aching pain caused by stimulated NOCICEPTORS due to tissue injury, inflammation or diseases. It can be divided into somatic or tissue pain and VISCERAL PAIN.

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11 entry terms
  • Nociceptive Pains
  • Pain, Nociceptive
  • Pains, Nociceptive
  • Somatic Pain
  • Tissue Pain
  • Pain, Somatic
  • Pain, Tissue
  • Pains, Somatic
  • Pains, Tissue
  • Somatic Pains
  • Tissue Pains

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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NOCICEPTION is also available

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History Note

2012

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  • Pain (1963-2011)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nociceptive Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059226. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059226
  2. Nociceptive Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2533455