Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which stimulates.
  • noun Specifically In experimental psychology, any instrument employed to furnish the stimulus in a psychological experiment; especially, the instrument used in the reaction experiment to give the sensory stimulus to which response is made by the reactor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who stimulates.

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  • noun A person, device or substance that stimulates.

Etymologies

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to stimulare + -or

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Examples

  • BTW - The reason there has been no MRI is because Terri Schiavo had a intrathalmic I believe that is the term stimulator implanted early in her treatment.

    Terri Schiavo news 2005

  • Benlysta is a bioengineered antibody that blocks a protein called BLyS, or B-lymphocyte stimulator, which is elevated in lupus and other autoimmune diseases and is believed to contribute to production of cells that attack blood vessels and other healthy tissue.

    Gene Work Yields New Treatment For Lupus Ron Winslow 2011

  • Benlysta is a bioengineered antibody that blocks a protein called BLyS, or B-lymphocyte stimulator, which is elevated in lupus and other autoimmune diseases and is believed to contribute to production of cells that attack blood vessels and other healthy tissue.

    Glaxo, Human Genome Sciences Win EU Backing for Lupus Drug Sten Stovall 2011

  • Benlysta is a bioengineered antibody that blocks a protein called BLyS, or B-lymphocyte stimulator, which is elevated in lupus and other autoimmune diseases and is believed to contribute to production of cells that attack blood vessels and other healthy tissue.

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2011

  • Doctors had a spinal cord stimulator, which is an electronic device, implanted in her body.

    Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010

  • Attached to the device - called a stimulator - is a thin, electrode-tipped wire that passes under your skin, carrying these impulses to the sacral nerve.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • Attached to the device - called a stimulator - is a thin, electrode-tipped wire that passes under your skin, carrying these impulses to the sacral nerve.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • Attached to the device - called a stimulator - is a thin, electrode-tipped wire that passes under your skin, carrying these impulses to the sacral nerve.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • The case is not quite so clear with Savitā, whose name seems to mean literally "stimulator," "one who stirs up."

    Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India Lionel D. Barnett

  • I took the magnet off of his wrist and put it over the vagus nerve stimulator which is implanted under his left armpit.

    Dream Mom 2009

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