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to restimulate

to restimulate

7.2
Send a small electric or chemical signal to body tissue again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : 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
236 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
10 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
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
63 3.9

To make a device, system, or account stop working

How Stimulating

to shock
26 3.4
to restimulate
  • Specialized
7.2
to stimulate
236 3.7
tickle
39 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.