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contraˈstimulus Med.
[f. as prec. + stimulus, after It. contrastimolo.]
A force opposed to stimulus: the two being, according to the doctrine of Rasori, equally potent and opposite forces, the perfect equilibrium of which is necessary to health. Syd. Soc. Lex. 1882.
Hence contraˈstimulism, the doctrine of contrastimulus; contraˈstimulist, an adherent of this doctrine.
1881Lincoln tr. Trousseau & Pidoux' Treat. Therap. II. 19 The partisans of contro-stimulism claim that the simultaneous use of bleeding and of tartar-emetic..should be avoided. Ibid. 105 The School of Italian contro-stimulism. 1839Bayly tr. Müller's Elem. Phys. (ed. 2) I. 64 The contra-stimulists..gave the name of contra-stimulants to those substances which, in place of stimulating have the very opposite effect. |