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stimulator

[stim-yuh-layt-er] / ˈstɪm jəˌleɪt ər /


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Or a vagus nerve stimulator from Truvaga for $499.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Scientists have been exploring ways to stimulate a pathway known as STING, short for stimulator of interferon genes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025

With external devices, the electrical impulses need to travel through skin, tissue, muscle and fat so it's not as simple and direct as a stimulator in the body.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

The device, known as TENS, for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, became a standard medical tool.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

But what a stimulator of the imagination it was!

From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman

The team also hopes to explore how these decoded signals could be used to activate implanted stimulators in patients recovering from spinal cord injuries.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

"The are some credible studies that suggest these external stimulators can potentially impact on brain activity," Prof McAllister-Williams explains.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

They found that the combination of the two stimulators produced the best results.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

Those with pacemakers, defibrillators and vagus nerve stimulators may also not qualify, because the magnetic force of the treatment coil may dislodge these devices and cause severe pain or injury.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2022

Some pigments are stimulators of corrosion, because they contain water-soluble impurities that hasten the rusting, while others, like graphite, hasten it simply because, being good conductors, they stimulate surface electrolysis.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner


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