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stimulation|stɪmjʊˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. stimulātiōnem, n. of action f. stimulāre to stimulate. Cf. F. stimulation (14–15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), Sp. estimulacion, Pg. estimulação, It. stimolazione.]
The action of stimulating or condition of being stimulated.
1. A pricking, goading, or spurring on to action; incitement; † pricking or compunction of conscience (obs.).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 263 Y⊇ stimulacyons of the flesshe. 1640Ld. Digby Sp. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 171 The Danger, when either true, or pretended Stimulation of Conscience hath once given a multitude Agitation. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 145 ⁋5 That industry which the stimulations of necessity..enforce. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 27/2 To supply reasons to his understanding, and stimulation to his feeling. 1873E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. 106 The same girls are apt to be quick,..and need not stimulation, but repression.
2. Phys. and Med. The action of a stimulus.
a. Excitation to increased activity, quickening of some vital function or process (cf. stimulus 1). In quot. 1733 loosely, stimulating property (cf. stimulus 1 b).
b. Excitation of an organ or tissue to its specific activity (cf. stimulus 3).
1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. vii. §2 (1734) 186 The Bile, by its natural Acrimony and Stimulation [etc.]. 1799Med. Jrnl. II. 217 The vaccine poison..produces inflammation, a little tumour, and sometimes pustule, which are not the effects of the specific stimulation of the matter. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 373 The stimulation communicated to or subtracted from the brain by the light. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xv. 183 We should resort to stimulation by wine. 1879Carpenter Ment. Phys. App. 719 Muscles..can be thrown into contraction by stimulation of these lower centres. 1900W. S. Hall Text-bk. Physiol. 52 A muscle-cell responds to all stimuli by contracting, a gland-cell by secreting, while the stimulation of the optic nerve can only produce the sensation of light. |