Stimulant Definition

stĭmyə-lənt
stimulants
noun
stimulants
An agent, especially a chemical agent such as caffeine, that temporarily arouses or accelerates physiological or organic activity.
American Heritage Medicine
Anything that stimulates.
Webster's New World
A stimulus or an incentive.
American Heritage
A food or drink, especially an alcoholic drink, believed to have a stimulating effect.
American Heritage

A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.

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adjective
That stimulates; stimulating.
Webster's New World
Acting as a stimulant.
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Other Word Forms of Stimulant

Noun

Singular:
stimulant
Plural:
stimulants

Stimulant Sentence Examples

  • Ergot is the most powerful known stimulant of the pregnant uterus.

  • Ether is thus the type of a rapidly diffusible stimulant.

  • Another plant universally used as a stimulant in Southern Arabia is khat (Catha edulis).

  • In large quantities it is a poison, but in smaller quantities it acts as a stimulant.

  • Its stimulant action on the iris and ciliary muscle is employed when they are weak or paralysed.

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