stimulator

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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

“Two fake knees, a spinal cord stimulator, 25 surgeries,” he began, as if reciting a box score.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

Voltaire was a great stimulator of the French Encyclopædia, a work designed to convey to the many the information of the few.

From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)