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excitor
[ ik-sahy-ter, -tawr ]
/ ɪkˈsaɪ tər, -tɔr /
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noun
Physiology. a nerve whose stimulation excites greater action.
Archaic. an exciter.
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Words nearby excitor
exciting, excito-, excitomotor, exciton, excitonics, excitor, excl., exclaim, exclam., exclamation, exclamation mark
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How to use excitor in a sentence
It is said also to have an aphrodisiac operation, due to its powers as a cerebral excitor.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William HeadlandThe excitor-motor ganglion is also paralysed, and finally the heart itself; death resulting from heart paralysis.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter BlythLike 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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