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stimulation

stimulation

25 4.4
An action that makes a nerve or muscle respond often using electricity
  • noun
  • /ˌstɪmjuˈleɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estimulación
  • And they're trying different methods of brain stimulation, for example ultrasound.
  • electrical stimulation
  • nerve stimulation
  • transcranial magnetic stimulation

And they're trying different methods of brain stimulation, for example ultrasound.

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Examples

  • Although participants experienced low visual stimulation, other senses were heightened.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The doctor applied stimulation to the patient's nerves to test their response.

  • We're into recovery, but I think it has very little to do with with the stimulation that the government has has provided.

  • So temperature, darkness and stimulation before sleep.

  • The basic need and deprivation of this kind of stimulation led to some very uncomfortable states.

  • It caused a massive amount of nerve stimulation to go down his spine.

  • We even use deep brain stimulation in order to help, say with the phantom limb pain.

  • In an age of multitasking, if there is not constant stimulation, then is there boredom?

    Academic text (2011)
  • So the idea is that every exercise training induces stimulation of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown.

  • One option, auditory stimulation is a suggested feasible method for stroke rehabilitation.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

activation
vsstimulation
  • Specialized
23 4.0

A process that makes part of a body or system start working

focuses specifically on causing a biological tissue response via an applied stimulus
excitation
vsstimulation
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A nerve, muscle, or gland becomes more active after a signal

is a general act that encourages a response not limited to neural signals

Antonyms

inhibition
  • Specialized
6 7.5

An action that reduces the activity of a nerve or body part

Compounds

An unpleasant thing that makes someone feel bad or lose interest

To do activities alone to feel more alert and focused

7.4

A way of moving or touching your body to feel calmer

self-stimulation
  • Offensive
8.2

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

How Intense

overstimulation
  • Specialized
1 6.1
stimulation
  • Specialized
25 4.4
activation
  • Specialized
23 4.0
impulse
  • Specialized
99 7.7
signal
  • Specialized
991 3.8

Surface Forms

stimulation singular
stimulations plural

Morphology

stimulation = stimulate (transparent) = stimulate + ion

Technical/medical usage is a direct nominalization of 'stimulate' referring to the act of applying a stimulus, so the morphological relation is regular.

Etymology

Stimulation comes from the Latin stimulus, which meant 'goad' or 'point' that makes animals move, so in science this became the idea of giving a small push to a nerve or muscle. That's why stimulation in medicine means applying something that 'causes' a part of the body to react.