Thesaurus: stimulation

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1. n. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
2. 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.
3. n. the act of arousing an organism to action
4. n. any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
5. n. (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
6. n. mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
7. 1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated. 2. (Physiol.) 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.
8. 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 isthrown into a state of activity; irritation.
9. n:100 n. the act of arousing an organism to action n. any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action n. (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)