stimulation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin stimulātiō. Morphologically stimulate + -ion
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)
- A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
- (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
- An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.
Derived terms
[edit]- acustimulation
- allostimulation
- angiostimulation
- autostimulation
- biostimulation
- bronchostimulation
- cardiostimulation
- contrastimulation
- co-stimulation
- counterstimulation
- cryostimulation
- deep brain stimulation
- destimulation
- digital stimulation
- electrostimulation
- extrastimulation
- gravistimulation
- hyperstimulation
- immunostimulation
- interferential stimulation
- interstimulation
- macrostimulation
- magnetostimulation
- mechanostimulation
- microstimulation
- myostimulation
- nanostimulation
- neurostimulation
- nonstimulation
- optostimulation
- osteostimulation
- overstimulation
- phagostimulation
- pharmacostimulation
- photostimulation
- phytostimulation
- pneumostimulation
- poststimulation
- prestimulation
- psychostimulation
- restimulation
- self-stimulation
- superstimulation
- thermostimulation
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- understimulation
- vasostimulation
- vibrostimulation
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pushing or goading toward action
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activity causing excitement or pleasure
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biology: action or condition that creates a response
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References
[edit]- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Stimulation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 965.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French, from Latin stimulātiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]stimulation f (plural stimulations)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “stimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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