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s, provokes, or excites. His feelings had been exasperated by the constant application of stimulants. Macaulay.

Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.)

nal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.

double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C.

A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

s (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

urmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

. Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic] -- Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel.

he Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.

e bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine.

outh American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

pecies of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba. [Written also capivi.]

vated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.

To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. [Race-track Slang]

nd the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.

, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.

n Isaiah (xxviii. 25). -- Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. -- Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. -- Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) looking something…

That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant. E. Darwin.

A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant. [R.] Jervas.