stimuli (noun)

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• stimulus — plural stimuli noun 1 (singular, uncountable) something that helps a process to develop more quickly or more strongly (+ to): The discovery of oil acted as a stimulus to the local economy. 2 (C) something that causes a reaction in a plant or part …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• auditory nerve — noun a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea • Syn: ↑acoustic nerve, ↑vestibulocochlear nerve, ↑nervus vestibulocochlearis, ↑eighth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve …   Useful english dictionary

• automatism — noun Etymology: French automatisme, from automate automaton, from Latin automaton Date: 1838 1. a. the quality or state of being automatic b. an automatic action 2. the moving or functioning (as of an organ, tissue, or a body part) without… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stimulus — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major, powerful, strong ▪ negative, positive ▪ conditioned, unconditioned …   Collocations dictionary

• algometer — noun An instrument for measuring pain inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli Syn: algesiometer …   Wiktionary

• reticular formation — noun Part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli …   Wiktionary

• sensitiveness — noun 1. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) • Syn: ↑sensitivity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sensitive, ↑sensitive (for: ↑sensitivity) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• proprioception — noun the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts • Hypernyms: ↑interoception • Hyponyms: ↑kinesthesis, ↑kinaesthesis, ↑kinesthesia, ↑kinaesthesia, ↑kinesthetics, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• semicoma — noun a mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli • Hypernyms: ↑unconsciousness * * * “+ noun Etymology: semi + coma : a coma from which a person can be aroused * * * semicomatose /sem i kom euh tohs ,… …   Useful english dictionary

• asthma — noun Etymology: Middle English asma, from Medieval Latin, modification of Greek asthma Date: 14th century a chronic lung disorder that is marked by recurring episodes of airway obstruction (as from bronchospasm) manifested by labored breathing… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disinhibition — noun Date: circa 1927 loss or reduction of an inhibition (as by the action of interfering stimuli or events) < disinhibition of a reflex > < disinhibition of violent tendencies > • disinhibit transitive verb • disinhibitor noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary