excitant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of excitant
1600–10; < Latin excitant- (stem of excitāns ), present participle of excitāre. See excite, -ant
Example Sentences
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But the search for the complex roach excitant was a needle-in-the-haystack challenge.
From Time Magazine Archive
As we see that the quality of the sensation depends on the nerve that is excited, one is inclined to minimise the importance of the excitant.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
Such action may be inhibitory or excitant, according to the views of the one or the other author, without affecting the main question as above stated.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
To sum up, in addition to the natural excitant of our sensory nerves, there are two which can produce the same sensory effects, that is to say, the mechanical and the electrical excitants.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
The cell-bodies of the excitant fibers are found in the sympathetic ganglia, but fibers from the bulb connect with and control them.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
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