Pain

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-008418",
  "term": "Pain",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is typically associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It serves as a protective mechanism, alerting an organism to danger and prompting withdrawal or avoidance behaviors. The perception of pain involves complex processing within the central nervous system.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "conscious",
    "brain",
    "nerve"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 894 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/pain/"
}