stimulation

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  1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated; urging; encouragement; incitement; increased or quickened action or activity. The providential stimulations and excitations of the conscience. Bp. Ward, Sermon, Jan. 30, 1674. (Latham.) A certain length of stimulation seems demanded by the inertia of the nerve-substance. W. James, Prin. of Psychol., I. 648.
  2. In medicine, the act or method of stimulating; the condition of being stimulated; the effect of the use of stimulants. The latent morbid predisposition [to delirium tremens] engendered in the nervous system by prolonged and abnormal stimulation is evoked or brought into activity by the depressing influence of the shock [of a corporeal injury]. J. M. Carnochan, Operative Surgery, p. 153.
  3. Synonyms See stimulate.
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  • While their study focused on how neuronal populations adapt to visual stimulation, the same could hold true for other senses - hearing, smell, taste and touch, Dragoi said. —  Biosingularity
  • Deep brain stimulation is a new method to treat the symptoms of depression. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Cranial electrotherapy stimulation is a non-invasive method of stimulating the brain. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Recent studies have shown that when stimulation is associated with a voluntary attempt to move the limb, improvement is enhanced but these techniques do not allow feedback that could be used to adjust stimulation parameters and thus provide more precise stimulation. —  Medgadget
  • A liner with seven isolation packers was set in the lateral section and while preparing the well for its multi-stage fracture stimulation, the toe of the lateral was opened and produced gas with over 4,000 psi of flowing pressure. —  Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
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  1. = French stimulation = Spanish estimulacion = Portuguese estimulação = Italian stimolazione, from Latin stimulatio(n-), a pricking, incitement, from stimulare, prick, goad, stimulate: see stimulate.
 

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