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单词 stimulant
释义 stimulant
 /stim"yeuh leuhnt/,  n.  
  1.  Physiol.  ,  Med.   something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart.
  2. any food or beverage that stimulates, esp. coffee, tea, or, in its initial effect, alcoholic liquor.
  3. a stimulus or incentive.
  adj.  
  4.  Physiol.  ,  Med.   temporarily quickening some vital process or functional activity.
  5. stimulating. Cf. depressant.
 [1720-30; < L stimulant- (s. of stimulans, prp. of stimulare to goad). See STIMULUS, -ANT]
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