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stim⋅u⋅lant

  [stim-yuh-luhnt]
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–noun
1. Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart.
2. any food or beverage that stimulates, esp. coffee, tea, or, in its initial effect, alcoholic liquor.
3. a stimulus or incentive.
–adjective
4. Physiology, Medicine/Medical. temporarily quickening some vital process or functional activity.
5. stimulating.
Compare depressant.

Origin:
1720–30; < L stimulant- (s. of stimulāns, prp. of stimulāre to goad). See stimulus, -ant
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stim·u·lant   (stĭm'yə-lənt)   
n.  

  1. An agent, especially a chemical agent such as caffeine, that temporarily arouses or accelerates physiological or organic activity.

  2. A stimulus or an incentive: "An age of political excitement is usually a stimulant to literature" (Will Durant).

  3. A food or drink, especially an alcoholic drink, believed to have a stimulating effect.

adj.  Serving as or being a stimulus; stimulating.
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Main Entry: stim·u·lant
Pronunciation: 'stim-y&-l&nt
Function: noun
1 : an agent (as a drug) that produces a temporary increaseof the functional activity or efficiency of an organism or any of its parts
2 : STIMULUS 2
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stimulant stim·u·lant (stĭm'yə-lənt)
n.
An agent that arouses organic activity, strengthens the action of the heart, increases vitality, and promotes a sense of well-being. adj.
Serving as or being a stimulant.

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