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stimulation meaning

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  • Stimulation or excitation is the action of various agents (stimuli) on nerves, muscles, 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,
  • The word is also often used metaphorically. For example, an interesting or fun activity can be described as "stimulating", regardless of its physical effects on nerves.
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    Definition of stimulation in English Dictionary

  • NounPLstimulationsSUF-ation
    1. A pushing or goading toward action.
      1. An activity causing excitement or pleasure.
        1. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • By contrast, stimulation may increase the flow of gingival crevicular fluid and this may result in false increases in the concentration of antioxidants in saliva.
            • The posterolateral portion of both cerebellar hemispheres in crus II, lateral to the paravermian region, was activated by auditory stimulation at 40 Hz [36 , 37 ].
            • According to the best MER and macroelectrode stimulation results, the site of implantation of the definitive electrode was chosen.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • Lateral semicircular canal function was also evaluated by vestibulonystagmography after bithermal caloric stimulation.
            • Compared to controls, larval EcR mutants were hyposensitive to both thermal (Fig 2A) and mechanical (Fig 3A) stimulation.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Countable nouns
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          Meaning of stimulation for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "stimulation" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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