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stimulation

  • noun
  • /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/

A pushing or goading toward action. 16

Other meanings

  1. Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. 18

  2. An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.

Related words

  • co-stimulation
  • deep brain stimulation
  • digital stimulation
  • interferential stimulation
  • self-stimulation
  • gravistimulation
  • overstimulation
  • acustimulation
  • allostimulation
  • angiostimulation
  • autostimulation
  • biostimulation

Word history

From Latin "stimulātiō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stimulation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.