The Emergence Machine

Pain

abstract · Medicine · Level 11 · E6

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Emergence definition

An unpleasant sensory experience that arises from the interaction between the nervous system, which enables the transmission of signals, and the process of tissue damage or disease, which unfolds over time and requires the interpretation of sensory information.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “pain” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “pain”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
pain
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L5L2L1L0PainNerveBrainNervous SystemAnimalPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAcheL12GroanL12WaspL12PainL11ActionL1MatterL1ProcessL2PerceptionL5NerveL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the process of pain
  • Matter L1 (requires)
    Pain is an unpleasant sensory experience signaling tissue damage or disease, ranging from acute to chronic and requiring appropriate management.
  • Process L2 (requires) Systems sense
    pain requires understanding process as a foundational concept
  • Perception L5 (requires)
    Unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury -- prerequisite: perception
  • Nerve L10 (requires)
    Unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury -- prerequisite: nerve

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