excitor
[ ik-sahy-ter, -tawr ]
/ ɪkˈsaɪ tər, -tɔr /
noun
Physiology. a nerve whose stimulation excites greater action.
Archaic. an exciter.
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Words nearby excitor
exciting eye, excito-, excitomotor, exciton, excitonics, excitor, excitoreflex nerve, excitor nerve, excl., exclaim, exclam.
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Example sentences from the Web for excitor
Like the other medicines of this order, Ergot is not an excitor of the heart and circulation.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William HeadlandWhence it became evident that this nerve is not the excitor, but the sensory nerve concerned in glycogenesis.
British Dictionary definitions for excitor
excitor
/ (ɪkˈsaɪtə) /
noun
a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies
a variant spelling of exciter
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