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stim·u·late
/ ˈstimyəˌlāt/
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v. [tr.]
raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system):
the women are given fertility drugs to stimulate their ovaries.
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encourage interest or activity in (a person or animal):
the reader could not fail to be stimulated by the ideas presented|
[as adj.] (stimulating)
a rich and stimulating working environment.
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encourage development of or increased activity in (a state or process):
the courses stimulate a passion for learning
tax changes designed to stimulate economic growth.
DERIVATIVES:
stim·u·la·ble
/ -ləbəl/ adj.
stim·u·lat·ing·ly
adv.
stim·u·la·tion
/ ˌstimyəˈlāshən/ n.
stim·u·la·tive
/ -ˌlātiv; -lətiv/ adj.
stim·u·la·tor
/ -ˌlātər/ n.
stim·u·la·to·ry
/ -ləˌtôrē/ adj.
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Stimulants fend off comorbidities in boys with ADHD: treated patients less likely to repeat grade.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...that prescribing stimulants to children with...the age at which stimulant therapy began nor...because although stimulants are the mainstay...was known about stimulant therapy's impact...treatment with stimulants may activate children...member asked how stimulant therapy could be...
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Stimulant addiction: stimulants, such as cocaine, present serious health risks--they can damage your brain and your body.(HEADS UP: REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 3/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...in how different stimulants affect the body...your health. The stimulant class of drugs...Overworking the Body Stimulants put more than just...on the type of stimulant, how it is taken...the same time. Stimulants increase heart...and diarrhea. Stimulant abuse can also...
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Stimulant addiction: stimulants, such as cocaine, present serious health risks--they can damage your brain and your body.(HEADS UP REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY)
Magazine article from: Science World; 2/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...in how different stimulants affect the body...your health. The stimulant class of drugs...Overworking the Body Stimulants put more than just...on the type of stimulant, how it is taken...the same time. Stimulants increase heart...and diarrhea. Stimulant abuse can also...
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STIMULANTS FAST TRACK TO disaster.(drug abuse)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...overdose of the stimulant MDMA, or Ecstasy...started out thinking stimulants could hurt them...Users may take stimulants to get extra energy. Others crave stimulant' "high." Still...Some users see stimulants as an easy way...
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Stimulant use as correlate of abusive behaviour among Nigerian undergraduates.(Table)
Magazine article from: College Student Journal; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Stimulant use and abusive...undergraduates of five stimulants: amphetamine...Introduction Stimulants are central...non-medical stimulant use may be...properties of these stimulants? According...a powerful stimulant that excites...
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Stimulant addiction: stimulants, such as cocaine, present serious health risk--they can damage your brain and your body.(HEADS UP REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY: A Message Scholastic and The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA))
Magazine article from: New York Times Upfront; 2/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...in how different stimulants affect the body...your health. The stimulant class of drugs...Overworking the Body Stimulants put more than just...on the type of stimulant, how it is taken...the same time. Stimulants increase heart...and diarrhea. Stimulant abuse can also...
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Study of stimulant therapy raises concerns.(children and stimulants)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...children receiving stimulants during the study...more than half of the stimulant-treated kids as never...children not treated with stimulants had as many or more...old children received stimulants than did girls and...may get too little stimulant treatment, the researchers...
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U. Penn panel says stimulants may pose heart risk
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...sudden death among stimulant users in recent years...Research Program, stimulants are dangerous for anyone...not alone in making stimulant-misuse education...education groups are giving stimulants the same kind of attention...about recreational stimulant use for the first time...
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Choosing and using a plant bio-stimulant.(Green Science)
Magazine article from: Landscape & Irrigation; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...services: a plant bio-stimulant. Research shows that bio-stimulants condition turfgrasses...Incorporating a bio-stimulant into your maintenance...A plant bio-stimulant is not a fertilizer. Bio-stimulants are made for both...
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RESEARCHERS SEE TRENDS IN SYNTHETIC STIMULANT MISUSE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...misuse of synthetic stimulants are more likely to...those who abuse non-stimulant drugs such as marijuana...increasingly likely to use stimulants rather than non-stimulants...ethnic groups to use stimulants. In addition, the...screening for synthetic stimulant misuse hampers ...
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Stimulant Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...body's normal stimulant hormones epinephrine...norepinephrine. Injectable stimulants are used to stimulate...side effects for stimulant drugs are different...they are used as stimulants and when they are...abused for their stimulant properties, but...normally seen when the stimulants ...
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stimulants
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
stimulants A stimulant is a rather imprecise...recreational use. Psychomotor stimulants produce locomotor activity...used as respiratory stimulants in deeply comatose patients...senna , are described as stimulant purgatives and work...
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stimulant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
stimulant any substance that...Cerebral, or psychic, stimulants act on the central...central nervous system stimulants. A second class of stimulants that affect the medulla...is also a medullary stimulant; the alkaloid strychnine...
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Stimulants
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Stimulants The substances referred to as stimulants are a variety of compounds that excite the central nervous system or alter the body's metabolic activity. Some stimulants enhance alertness and increase energy whereas others affect...
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Uterine Stimulants
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...stimulants Definition Uterine stimulants (uterotonics) are medications...by mouth. Purpose Uterine stimulants are used to induce, or begin...once labor begins. Uterine stimulants are also used in the augmentation...woman is given any uterine stimulant. Consistent reevaluation...
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