Stimulant(a.) Serving to stimulate.
Stimulant(a.) Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.
Stimulant(n.) That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.
Stimulant(n.) An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; -- sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a stimulant.
Stimulate(v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.
Stimulate(v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
Stimulated(imp. & p. p.) of Stimulate
Stimulating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stimulate
Stimulation(n.) The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
Stimulation(n.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
Stimulative(a.) Having the quality of stimulating.
Stimulative(n.) That which stimulates.
Stimulator(n.) One who stimulates.
Stimulism(n.) The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
Stimulism(n.) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
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