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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

"We started with materials database and used a virtual growth stimulator and machine learning algorithms to generate a virtual material, then learn the relationship between its structure and physical properties," Zhang said.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

The stimulator sits on the lumbar region of the spinal cord, which sends messages to the leg muscles.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2023

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

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2023

Thus his significance in intellectual history remains that of a great stimulator.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

After she experienced burnout, Lucy Lambert says such non-invasive vagus nerve stimulators helped her.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

In the future, this could allow for the individual control of multiple stimulators in different parts of the body, for example to treat tremor in the late stages of Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily Mar. 8, 2024

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

They were the awakeners of a new intellectual life; not only the stimulators of an emotional pietism always prone to run into religious intoxication and extravagance.

From The Coming of the Friars by Augustus Jessopp




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