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
Well-prepared chyme is the natural stimulus of the duodenum, liver, and pancreas; pure chyle is the appropriate excitant of the lacteal vessels.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
Sensation, then, is the phenomenon which is produced and which one experiences when an excitant has just acted on one of our organs of sense.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
It is observed that, if the sensory nerves are agitated by an excitant which remains constant, the sensations received by the patient differ according to the nerve affected.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
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
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