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excitability

[ ik-sahy-tuh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ɪkˌsaɪ təˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

the quality of being excitable.

Physiology. irritability.

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Origin of excitability

First recorded in 1780–90; excitable + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM excitability

un·ex·cit·a·bil·i·ty, noun

Words nearby excitability

excise, exciseman, excise tax, excision, excision biopsy, excitability, excitable, excitable area, excitant, excitation, excitation wave

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Example sentences from the Web for excitability

The reflex excitability is lowered and the sensibility diminished.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett
It had been a brilliant brain, and that very excitability that had lent its brilliance was fatal to it now.
Six Women|Victoria Cross
Here we may see the universal transition from sensibility to acute excitability which is a source of many quarrels.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
The climate of Florida is also of peculiar advantage in all diseases attended by nervous excitability.
Palmetto-Leaves|Harriet Beecher Stowe

Whether they recognize each other by touch or by their mutual excitability I do not know.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900|Various

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