excitor

[ ik-sahy-ter, -tawr ]

noun

1. Physiology. a nerve whose stimulation excites greater action.
2. Archaic. an exciter.

excitor

/ ɪkˈsaɪtə /

noun

1. a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies
2. a variant spelling of exciter

Word History and Origins

Origin of excitor¹

First recorded in 1810–20; excite + -or ²

Example Sentences

It is wise to remember that the vasoconstrictor nerves are one in kind with the excitor nerves of the heart, while the vasodilators are in like manner associated with the vagus.

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First then, as Fine Art delights in proportion to the delectating interest of the objects it depicts, and, as subsequently stated, grieves or distresses in proportion as the objects are grievous or distressing, we have this resultant: “Fine Art excites in proportion to the excitor influence of the object;” and then, that “fine art excites either the sensory or the mental faculties, in a like proportion to the excitor properties of the objects respectively.”

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Moreover, it is the function of the female to be the excitor in the sex process: her subconscious, thoroughly aware of the fact, sees to it that the sex instinct stands starkly central and dominating in her life.

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Intense mental occupation, concentration as the popular term has it, acts as a patent excitor of the attack.

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We have said that all bodies yield electricity under the friction of dissimilar bodies; but this cannot be proved for every body by simply holding it in one hand and rubbing it with the excitor, as may be done in the case of glass.

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