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stimulator

[stim-yuh-layt-er] / ˈstɪm jəˌleɪt ər /


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Or a vagus nerve stimulator from Truvaga for $499.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

If these signals can be detected and interpreted, they could be sent to a spinal cord stimulator that activates the nerves responsible for movement in that limb.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

The stimulator sits on the lumbar region of the spinal cord, which sends messages to the leg muscles.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023

The device, known as TENS, for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, became a standard medical tool.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

So was he, a moral invigorant, the stimulator to noble action, the centre of spiritual charm.

From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by William Elliot Griffis

After she experienced burnout, Lucy Lambert says such non-invasive vagus nerve stimulators helped her.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

In the future, this could allow for the individual control of multiple stimulators in different parts of the body, for example to treat tremor in the late stages of Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2024

Those with pacemakers, defibrillators and vagus nerve stimulators may also not qualify, because the magnetic force of the treatment coil may dislodge these devices and cause severe pain or injury.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2022

Spino tried ice packs, muscle stimulators, stretching exercises and heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2020

They were the awakeners of a new intellectual life; not only the stimulators of an emotional pietism always prone to run into religious intoxication and extravagance.

From The Coming of the Friars by Augustus Jessopp




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