antinociceptive
adjective, noun
antinociceptive is an adjective meaning “That inhibits nociception, the sensation of pain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-N-O-C-I-C-E-P-T-I-V-E, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antinociceptive mean?
adjective
- 1
That inhibits nociception, the sensation of pain.
noun
- 1
Any substance that inhibits nociception.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antinociceptive
- more antinociceptive comparative
- most antinociceptive superlative
- antinociceptives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antinociceptive?
Antinociceptive appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antinociceptive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that inhibits nociception, the sensation of pain:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | antinociceptivo |
| Spanish | analgésico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antinociceptive come from?
From anti- + nociceptive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).