dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/noc_MW.json
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{
"Noctuidae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large nearly cosmopolitan family of medium-sized stout-bodied dull-colored night-flying moths with usually naked larvae that include many destructive agricultural pests (as the cutworms and armyworms) \u2014 see noctua , owlet moth \u2014 compare bollworm , cotton leafworm , dagger moth , underwing":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Noctua , type genus + -idae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u00e4k\u02c8t\u00fc\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202947",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"nocake":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": Indian corn parched and pounded into a powder":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"of Algonquian origin; akin to Narraganset nokehick parched corn meal, literally, it is soft, Natick nookhic":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u014d\u02cck\u0101k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121425",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"noctuary":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a journal of nocturnal incidents":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin noctu , adverb, by night + English -ary ; akin to Latin nox night":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4kch\u0259\u02ccwer\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114329",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"noctuid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a large family (Noctuidae) of medium-sized often dull-colored moths with larvae (such as cutworms and armyworms) that are often destructive agricultural pests":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after New Latin Noctuidae, family name, derivative (with -idae -idae ) of Noctua, genus name, going back to Latin noctua \"the little owl ( Athene noctua ),\" probably from feminine of *noctuus \"of the night,\" derivative of noct\u016b \"at night,\" adverbial derivative of noct-, nox night entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4k-t\u0259-",
"\u02c8n\u00e4k-ch\u0259-w\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212602",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"noctule":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pipistrelle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from New Latin noctula (used as specific epithet), from Late Latin noctula small owl, diminutive of Latin noctua owl":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4k\u02ccch\u00fcl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040048",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nocturn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a principal division of the office of matins":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English nocturne, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin nocturnus, going back to Latin, feminine of nocturnus \"of the night\" \u2014 more at nocturnal":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4k-\u02cct\u0259rn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032543",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nocturnal":{
"antonyms":[
"daily",
"diurnal"
],
"definitions":{
": active at night":[
"a nocturnal predator",
"nocturnal insects, such as mosquitoes"
],
": of, relating to, or occurring in the night":[
"a nocturnal journey",
"nocturnal activities"
]
},
"examples":[
"he bought a new telescope so he could pursue his favorite nocturnal hobby of astronomy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One particularly exciting aspect of the Wyoming fossil is a bony protuberance over its eye sockets, which is not a feature seen in nocturnal birds. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"The overall effect is nocturnal and like stormy weather. \u2014 David Salle, The New York Review of Books , 13 Dec. 2020",
"When temperatures start settling into the 80s (27 Celsius), gators become mostly nocturnal . \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"The Thylacine, a carnivore also referred to as the Tasmanian tiger and Tasmanian wolf, was a (mostly) nocturnal marsupial that preyed on rodents and kangaroos. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Late Night Shows are sold separately from festival admission, but the small cost will be well worth it for music fans looking for an intimate, nocturnal music experience. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Spector then becomes Khonshu\u2019s avatar, serving as a nocturnal protector. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Delage also accompanied him on nocturnal forays, as Wojnarowicz spray-painted his stencil of a burning house on the walls of the Bowery. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Slaght studies the Blakiston\u2019s fish-owl, which doesn\u2019t have features that nocturnal owls do, such as wide facial discs and silent flight. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French nocturnel, borrowed from Late Latin nocturn\u0101lis \"for night use,\" from Latin nocturnus \"of or occurring at night\" (from noct-, nox night entry 1 + -urnus, temporal suffix, as in diurnus \"of the day\") + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at journal":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u00e4k-\u02c8t\u0259rn-\u1d4al",
"n\u00e4k-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"night",
"nightly",
"nighttime"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080314",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"nocturnality":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the condition of being nocturnal":[
"many rodents exhibit strict nocturnality"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccnak\u02cct\u0259r\u02c8nal\u0259t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nocturne":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The experience is no less expansive than seeing the ocean or hearing a Chopin nocturne for the first time. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"What\u2019s more irritating than straining to hear the delicate notes of a Chopin nocturne while the man next to you takes an eternity to extract a lozenge from its crinkly cellophane wrapper",
"The first wistful notes of the fourth movement nocturne coincided with the first drops of a sudden rainstorm, which sent some lawn listeners to the exits early. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The ensemble backdrop is crystalline, misty sighs, while the solo cello line expands into melancholy arias without words; sometimes the tone is passionate, dark-hued nocturne , sometimes ethereal lullaby. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Roberts made a jazz nocturne of the slow middle movement, his complex chords and original themes catapulting a Roaring \u201920s work directly into the 21st century. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 6 Dec. 2019",
"The nocturne , marked Lento con gran espressione, begins with a brief, repeated introduction. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Sitting at his Petrof piano in his penthouse, Martins reels off Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin\u2019s nocturnes with aplomb. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Jan. 2020",
"As Cai grew old in the 1980s, his son, Cai Wanghuai, played the nocturne to comfort him. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, noun derivative of nocturne \"of the night,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin nocturnus \u2014 more at nocturnal":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4k-\u02cct\u0259rn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174144",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nocuous":{
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
],
"definitions":{
": harmful":[]
},
"examples":[
"hand washing is one of the easiest ways to help prevent the spread of nocuous germs"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1627, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin nocuus \"harmful, noxious\" (from noc\u0113re \"to injure, harm\" + -uus, deverbal adjective suffix) + -ous \u2014 more at noxious":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4k-y\u0259-w\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u00e4-ky\u0259-w\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215034",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"nocebo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a harmless substance or treatment that when taken by or administered to a patient is associated with harmful side effects or worsening of symptoms due to negative expectations or the psychological condition of the patient":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u014d-\u02c8s\u0113-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As such, the researchers argue that highlighting the potential for nocebo responses could reduce side effects and help improve vaccine uptake. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Hudson says there may be a placebo effect available to marathoners who believe strongly in the benefits of a training volume reduction, but the current narrative seems more likely to produce the opposite effect on performance, a nocebo . \u2014 Leo Spall, Outside Online , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Whereas a placebo is an inert substance that exerts a beneficial effect, a nocebo is an inert substance that exerts an unpleasant effect. \u2014 Richard Klasco, New York Times , 1 June 2018",
"About 5 percent developed myalgias while taking the statin atorvastatin (brand name Lipitor), and about half that many developed myalgias while taking placebo, or more precisely, nocebo . \u2014 Richard Klasco, New York Times , 1 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin noc\u0113b\u014d \"I will harm\" (1st person person singular of noc\u0113re \"to damage, harm\"), on the model of placebo \u2014 more at noxious":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144225"
},
"nocebo effect":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the development of adverse side effects or worsening in the condition of a patient that occurs in response to medical treatment but cannot be considered due to the specific treatment used":[
"With a nocebo effect , if test subjects believe there may be side effects, they often experience them. Again, expectations shape reality.",
"\u2014 Sanjay Gupta"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Marino, who watched the video, told the San Diego Union-Tribune a nocebo effect could explain Faiivae's reaction since his symptoms did not suggest an overdose. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 25 Aug. 2021",
"The psychology of myalgias involves the nocebo effect , the flip side of the placebo effect. \u2014 Richard Klasco, New York Times , 1 June 2018",
"The researchers also pinpointed areas of the brain that seemed to be involved in the nocebo effect overall. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Oct. 2017",
"Patients may have panicked and attributed other health problems or perceived side-effects\u2014the nocebo effect \u2014to the new drug. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 4 Oct. 2017",
"In an accompanying editorial, pain and placebo expert Luana Colloca says the findings show that nocebo effects may skew clinical trial data and patient\u2019s adherence to drugs. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Oct. 2017",
"Physicians should be aware of the placebo and nocebo effects when describing medications to patients, says Per Aslaksen, a psychologist at the University of Troms\u00f8 in Norway who researches the placebo effect and who wasn\u2019t involved in the work. \u2014 Michael Price, Science | AAAS , 5 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175613"
},
"noctilucent cloud":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a luminous thin usually colored cloud seen especially at twilight at a height of about 50 miles (80 kilometers)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u00e4k-t\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4ant-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The team is the first to demonstrate noctilucent cloud formation is linked to water vapor cooling. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Agencies could educate employees on how to recognize high-altitude balloons hit by moonlight, fireballs that look like floating orbs, noctilucent clouds that resemble extraterrestrial neural networks. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, Wired , 3 Mar. 2020",
"But as days get shorter with the onset of fall, noctilucent clouds will fade from view. \u2014 Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic , 1 Aug. 2019",
"That water vapor is responsible for the brightening noctilucent clouds , the new study says. \u2014 Rachel Becker, The Verge , 6 July 2018",
"Researchers used computer simulations to model the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s atmosphere and noctilucent clouds from 1871 to 2008, according to the study, which was published last week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. \u2014 Katie Camero, BostonGlobe.com , 13 July 2018",
"The first time people reported noticing noctilucent clouds was in 1880s after the massive eruption of Krakatau, a volcano in Indonesia. \u2014 Rachel Becker, The Verge , 6 July 2018",
"What caught my eye, and the eyes of several other meteorologists, was the idea that these could be noctilucent clouds , instead. \u2014 Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2018",
"People living in high latitude areas (between 45\u00ba and 70\u00ba above or below the Equator) have the best chance of seeing noctilucent clouds . \u2014 Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic , 22 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"noctilucent \"luminous in the dark,\" from Latin noct-, nox night entry 1 + -i- -i- + lucent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180823"
},
"nocence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": guilt":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin nocentia , from Latin nocent-, nocens (present participle) + -ia -y":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200102"
},
"noctilucine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an extract from luminous organisms to which their luminescence has been attributed \u2014 compare luciferin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from New Latin Noctiluca , genus of flagellates + French -ine":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203938"
},
"nociceptor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a receptor (as in the skin) for nociceptive stimuli : a pain sense organ":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u014d-si-\u02c8sep-t\u0259r",
"-\u02c8sep-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the anatomical level, fish have neurons known as nociceptors , which detect potential harm, such as high temperatures, intense pressure, and caustic chemicals. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 8 Jan. 2018",
"Acute pain begins with nociceptors \u2014long neurons that originate in the spinal cord and end as thin fibers in the skin. \u2014 Erika Hayasaki, WIRED , 18 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"noci- (in nociceptive ) + (re)ceptor":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224759"
},
"nociperceptive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to nociperception":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"noci- + perceptive":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234223"
},
"noctilucent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": bioluminescent":[],
": visible or glowing at night \u2014 see noctilucent cloud":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010708"
},
"noctilucence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bioluminescence":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin noctiluca + English -ence":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021904"
},
"nocent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": harmful":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u014d-s\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin nocent-, nocens \"injurious, guilty,\" from present participle of noc\u0113re \"to damage (things), injure, harm (persons)\" \u2014 more at noxious":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022436"
},
"nocive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": harmful , injurious":[
"nocive effects of insecticides"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u014dsiv"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French nocif , from Latin nocivus , from noc\u0113re to hurt + -ivus -ive":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040738"
},
"noci-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": pain":[
"noci perception"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after nociceptive":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120630"
},
"noctilucous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": shining at night : phosphorescent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin noctiluca (phosphor) + English -ous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124102"
},
"nock":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the notches cut in either of two tips of horn fastened on the ends of a bow or in the bow itself for holding the string":[],
": the part of an arrow having a notch for the bowstring":[],
": the notch itself":[],
": to make a nock in (a bow or arrow)":[],
": to fit (an arrow) against the bowstring":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Anti-Dry Fire (ADF) and nock sensors increase safety and boost peace of mind. \u2014 Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life , 7 Jan. 2021",
"The Vector-Quad cable technology, which uses four cables rather than two, eliminates cam lean and generates straight nock travel. \u2014 Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life , 7 Jan. 2021",
"The bolt is supported in the bow via a traditional nock and a rest at the front of the bow; there is no contact with a barrel in between, and that\u2019s a recipe for excellent accuracy. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The bolt is supported in the bow via a traditional nock and a rest at the front of the bow; there is no contact with a barrel in between, and that\u2019s a recipe for excellent accuracy. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The bolt is supported in the bow via a traditional nock and a rest at the front of the bow; there is no contact with a barrel in between, and that\u2019s a recipe for excellent accuracy. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The bolt is supported in the bow via a traditional nock and a rest at the front of the bow; there is no contact with a barrel in between, and that\u2019s a recipe for excellent accuracy. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The bolt is supported in the bow via a traditional nock and a rest at the front of the bow; there is no contact with a barrel in between, and that\u2019s a recipe for excellent accuracy. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The bolt is supported in the bow via a traditional nock and a rest at the front of the bow; there is no contact with a barrel in between, and that\u2019s a recipe for excellent accuracy. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 20 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English nocke notched tip on the end of a bow; akin to Middle Dutch nocke summit":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163411"
},
"nocerite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Ca 3 Mg 3 F 8 0 2 that is a calcium magnesium oxyfluoride":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u014d\u02c8ch\u0101\u02cc-",
"\u02c8n\u014ds\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Nocera , Italy, its locality + English -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194704"
},
"noctivagant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": going about in the night : night-wandering":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)n\u00e4k\u00a6tiv\u0259\u0307g\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin noctivag us night-wandering (from noct-, nox night + vagus wandering) + English -ant":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212606"
},
"noctivagation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a roving or going about in the night":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u00e4k\u02cctiv\u0259\u02c8g\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"noctivag ant + -ation":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221316"
},
"nociceptive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": painful , injurious":[],
": of, induced by, or responding to a nociceptive stimulus":[
"nociceptive pain",
"a nociceptive nerve pathway"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccn\u014d-si-\u02c8sep-tiv"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to sorting out nociceptive or neuropathic from centralized pain, QST also seems able to reveal subtypes. \u2014 Amber Dance, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2020",
"In broad strokes, pain falls into three categories: nociceptive , neuropathic and nociplastic. \u2014 Amber Dance, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2020",
"If the issue is nociceptive , anti-inflammatories or knee surgery should help. \u2014 Amber Dance, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2020",
"But new research in mice suggests the origin might be a previously unknown organ under the skin called the nociceptive glio-neural complex. \u2014 National Geographic , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Dubbed the nociceptive glio-neural complex, this structure is not quite like the typical picture of a complex organ like the heart or the spleen. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin noc\u0113re \"to injure, harm\" + -i- + -ceptive (in receptive ) \u2014 more at noxious":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021109"
}
}