Dictionary

stimulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /stɪm.jʉːˈlæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
• /ˈstɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin stimulātiō. Morphologically stimulate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A pushing or goading toward action.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.
3. (countable, uncountable) An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.

Forms

Deriveds

hyperstimulation · cardiostimulation · neurostimulation · self-stimulation · immunostimulation · angiostimulation · contrastimulation · co-stimulation · electrostimulation · pharmacostimulation · prestimulation · phagostimulation · restimulation · myostimulation · nonstimulation · transcranial direct current stimulation · thermostimulation · understimulation · gravistimulation · vibrostimulation · cryostimulation · microstimulation · pneumostimulation · optostimulation · extrastimulation · psychostimulation · phytostimulation · interstimulation · destimulation · vasostimulation · poststimulation · photostimulation · biostimulation · allostimulation · acustimulation · macrostimulation · bronchostimulation · superstimulation · magnetostimulation · counterstimulation · mechanostimulation · autostimulation · nanostimulation · digital stimulation · deep brain stimulation · osteostimulation · interferential stimulation · overstimulation

Relateds

stimulate · stimulator · stimulatory · stimulus

Translations (39)

eo stimulado (pushing or goading toward action) · bg стимулиране (pushing or goading toward action) · nb stimulering (pushing or goading toward action) · ja 刺激 (pushing or goading toward action) · gl estimulación (pushing or goading toward action) · ga spreagthacht (pushing or goading toward action) · fr stimulation (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · eo stimulado (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · ro stimulare (pushing or goading toward action) · de Anregung (pushing or goading toward action) · es estimulación (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · nl stimulatie (pushing or goading toward action) · it stimolazione (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · es estimulación (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · gl estimulación (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · nl stimulatie (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · nb stimulering (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · ca estimulació (pushing or goading toward action) · cmn 刺激 (pushing or goading toward action) · pt estímulo (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · ru стимуля́ция (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · ru стимули́рование (pushing or goading toward action) · fr stimulation (pushing or goading toward action) · nn stimulering (pushing or goading toward action) · ru стимуля́ция (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · de Stimulation (pushing or goading toward action) · pt estimulação (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · oc estimulacion (pushing or goading toward action) · gl estimulación (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · es estimulación (pushing or goading toward action) · pt estimulação (pushing or goading toward action) · ru стимули́рование (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · ca estimulació (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · nn stimulering (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · nl stimulatie (biology: action or condition that creates a response) · ru стимули́рование (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · ru стимуля́ция (pushing or goading toward action) · eo stimulado (activity causing excitement or pleasure) · ca estimulació (activity causing excitement or pleasure)