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noci-

Pain.

Latin nocere, to hurt or harm.

Two examples are known from medicine: nociceptive, referring to nerve cells concerned with pain, and nociceptor, a sensory receptor for painful stimuli. The adjectives innocuous and innocent come from the same root.

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