stimulation
(stim″yŭ-lā′shŏn)
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[L. stimulare, to goad]
1. An irritating or invigorating action of agents on muscles, nerves, or sensory end organs by which excitation or activity in a part is evoked.
2. A stimulus.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Stimulation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749844/all/stimulation.
Stimulation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749844/all/stimulation. Accessed October 12, 2024.
Stimulation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749844/all/stimulation
Stimulation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749844/all/stimulation.
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