excitant

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“Et c’est quelque chose d’extraordinairement excitant pour moi.”

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

But the search for the complex roach excitant was a needle-in-the-haystack challenge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fibers that convey excitant impulses to the heart to quicken its movements. b.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

The excitant is a dilute solution of sulphuric acid.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah

Well-prepared chyme is the natural stimulus of the duodenum, liver, and pancreas; pure chyle is the appropriate excitant of the lacteal vessels.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin