Meaning of STIMULANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'stimyulunt
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- [n] a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
- [n] any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- [adj] that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena"
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| | Synonyms: | | input, stimulant drug, stimulating, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus |
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| | See Also: | | Adam, amphetamine, analeptic, aphrodisiac, butyl nitrite, conditioned stimulus, cue, discriminative stimulus, drug, ecstasy, elicitation, evocation, induction, information, isobutyl nitrite, kick, MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, methylphenidate, negative stimulation, negative stimulus, pep pill, popper, positive stimulus, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, Ritalin, speed, turnoff, turn-on, upper, X | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stim"u*lant\, a. [L. stimulans, p. pr.; cf. F.
stimulant. See {Stimulate}.]
1. Serving to stimulate.
2. (Physiol.) Produced increased vital action in the
organism, or in any of its parts.
\Stim"u*lant\, n. [Cf. F. stimulant.]
1. That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.
His feelings had been exasperated by the constant
application of stimulants. --Macaulay.
2. (Physiol. & Med.) 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.
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| | Definition: | | Stimulates (temporarily arouses or accelerates) physiological activity of an organ or organ system. |
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