antinociception
noun
an·ti·no·ci·cep·tion
ˌant-i-ˌnō-si-ˈsep-shən, ˌan-ˌtī-
: the action or process of blocking the detection of a painful or injurious stimulus by sensory neurons
Compared with systemic narcotic analgesia, intraspinal narcotic antinociception has a longer duration.—
Dennis W. Coombs, The Journal of the American Medical Association
antinociceptive
adjective
… the antinociceptive action of morphine and endogenous opiates apparently proceeds by opening of the same class of neuronal potassium channels blocked by apamin.
—
David Gurwitz, The Lancet
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