excitor

[ ik-sahy-ter, -tawr ]

/ ɪkˈsaɪ tər, -tɔr /

noun

Physiology. a nerve whose stimulation excites greater action.

Archaic. an exciter.

Words nearby excitor

exciting eye, excito-, excitomotor, exciton, excitonics, excitor, excitor nerve, excitoreflex nerve, excl., exclaim, exclam.

Origin of excitor

First recorded in 1810–20; excite + -or²

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Examples 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 Headland
Whence it became evident that this nerve is not the excitor, but the sensory nerve concerned in glycogenesis.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

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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