(medicine, obsolete) The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.

plural of stimulant

Having a stimulating effect.

(obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive.

To encourage into action. / To arouse an organism to functional activity.

In a condition or state of stimulation.

simple past tense and past participle of stimulate

(pharmacology) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body. / Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.

(pharmacology) Acting as a stimulant.

A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.] / (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]