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a combining form of excitor or exciting: excitomotor.

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Words nearby excito-

excitement, exciter, exciter lamp, exciting, exciting eye, excito-, excitomotor, exciton, excitonics, excitor, excitoreflex nerve

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How to use excito- in a sentence

Excito-motor action, the action of nerves distributed to muscular organs, the stimulation of which leads to movement.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
In France it is commonly employed as an excito-tonic in paralysis.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
In the same sense the two verbs derived from πολεμος are used, πολεμοω signifying ad bellum excito; πολεμεω, bellum gero.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.|Euripides