excitant

Example Sentences

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“Et c’est quelque chose d’extraordinairement excitant pour moi.”

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

But the search for the complex roach excitant was a needle-in-the-haystack challenge.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is observed that, if the sensory nerves are agitated by an excitant which remains constant, the sensations received by the patient differ according to the nerve affected.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

For example, the exposure of a part of the body through a loss of the bed-clothes is a frequent excitant of distressing dreams.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

I at first say that this object is an excitant.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred