nociceptin
noun
nociceptin is spelled N-O-C-I-C-E-P-T-I-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nociceptin means “A neurologically active oligopeptide related to the opioids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nociceptin is nociceptins.
How many letters and syllables are in nociceptin?
| Letters | 10: N-O-C-I-C-E-P-T-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nociceptin?
Nociceptin appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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).
Forms of nociceptin
- nociceptins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nociceptin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A neurologically active oligopeptide related to the opioids.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nociceptin come from?
Of similar construction as nociceptor (which see) but with suffix -in for substances.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).