| excitability | (n) excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part, Syn. irritability |
| excitability | (n) being easily excited, Syn. volatility, excitableness |
| excitable | (adj) easily excited, Ant. unexcitable |
| excitable | (adj) capable of responding to stimuli, Syn. irritable |
| excitant | (adj) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate, Syn. excitatory, excitative |
| excitation | (n) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland, Syn. irritation, innervation |
| excitation | (n) something that agitates and arouses, Syn. excitement, Example: he looked forward to the excitements of the day |
| excite | (v) arouse or elicit a feeling |
| excite | (v) raise to a higher energy level, Syn. energise, energize, Example: excite the atoms |
| excite | (v) produce a magnetic field in, Example: excite the neurons |
| Excitability | n. [ Cf. F. excitabilité. ] |
| Excitable | a. [ L. excitabilis inciting: cf. F. excitable. ] Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| excitableness | n. being easily excited. |
| Excitant | n. (Physiol.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excitant | a. [ L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant. ] Tending to excite; exciting. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excitate | v. t. [ L. excitatus, p. p. of excitare. See Excite. ] To excite. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excitation | pos>n. [ L. excitatio: cf. F. excitation. ] |
| Excitative | a. [ Cf. F. excitatif. ] Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excitator | n. [ L., one who rouses. ] (Elec.) A kind of discarder. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excitatory | a. [ Cf. F. excitatoire. ] Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative. [ 1913 Webster ] |