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stimulus(dictionary)
stimulus(medicine)
Stimulus(money)
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subliminal stimulus(medicine)
subthreshold stimulus(medicine)
supramaximal stimulus(medicine)
threshold stimulus(medicine)

stimulus (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: 'sharp stick for making animals move']
[C usually singular, U] something that helps a process to develop more quickly or more strongly
::Tax cuts provided the stimulus which the slow economy needed.
stimulus to
::The discovery of oil acted as a stimulus to industrial development.
[C] something that makes someone or something move or react
::At this age, the infant begins to react more to visual stimuli.