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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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How to use excitability in a sentence

By inserting genes into the brain to increase or decrease neuron excitability, the researchers learned that the most excited neurons in the area will become part of the engram.
How technology can let us see and manipulate memories|Joshua Sariñana|August 25, 2021|MIT Technology Review
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