- (n.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
- (n.) The act of stimulating or the state of being stimulated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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