Etymology

nociplastic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception. Full definition →

English plastic ← Latin noceō ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*neḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*noḱéyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*nokeō
  4. Latinnoceō
  5. Proto-Italic*wre-
  6. Latinre-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  10. Latincapiō
  11. Latinrecipiō
  12. Latinreceptus
  13. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  14. Middle Englishreceptive
  15. Englishreceptive
  16. Englishnociceptive
  17. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  19. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  20. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  21. Englishneuro-
  22. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  23. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  24. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  25. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  26. Latinplasticus
  27. Englishplastic
  28. Englishneuroplastic
  29. Latinnoceō
  30. Englishnoci-
  31. Englishplastic
  32. English todaynociplastic

Blend of nociceptive + neuroplastic, or perhaps noci- + plastic.

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