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to restimulate

to restimulate

1 7.2
Send a small electric or chemical signal to body tissue again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt/
  • Specialized
: restimular
  • To promote recovery, the therapist decided to restimulate the muscles with electric impulses.

Examples

  • The doctor used an electrode to restimulate the patient's damaged nerve tissue.

  • The neurons must be stimulated and restimulated, over and over again.

    Academic text (2010)

  • After the injury, it was crucial to restimulate the affected area to regain movement.

Synonyms

to stimulate
vsto restimulate
185 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

is the action done again usually by electrical or chemical impulses to tissue
to reawaken
vsto restimulate
5 5.1

To become awake or aware again

is about reactivating tissues with electrical or chemical impulses rather than general waking
to reawake
vsto restimulate
3 6.1

Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again

is the same action but performed again using impulses on nerves muscles or tissues

Antonyms

to deactivate
76 3.9

To make a device, system, or account stop working

How Stimulating

to shock
27 3.4
to restimulate
  • Specialized
1 7.2
to stimulate
185 3.7
tickle
50 1.0

Surface Forms

restimulate infinitive
restimulated past
restimulated past participle
restimulating present participle
restimulates third person singular

Morphology

restimulate = stimulate (transparent) = re + stimulate

This is a standard and semantically direct use of re- with 'stimulate' to mean applying stimulation again.

Etymology

Restimulate keeps the same parts: re- 'again' and stimulate from stimulus 'a poke or push'. In medicine it means to 'poke' a nerve or muscle again, often with a small electric or chemical signal, to see or bring back its response.