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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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Nearby words

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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