Taber's Medical Dictionary
stimulus
(stĭm′ū-lŭs)
pl. stimuli [L., a goad]
1. A change of environment of sufficient intensity to evoke a response in an organism.
2. An excitant or irritant.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Stimulus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745052/all/stimulus.
Stimulus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745052/all/stimulus. Accessed December 19, 2024.
Stimulus. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745052/all/stimulus
Stimulus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 19]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745052/all/stimulus.
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