excitant

Example Sentences

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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

It is a powerful excitant in fainting, languor, and headache.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

It is observed that, if the sensory nerves are agitated by an excitant which remains constant, the sensations received by the patient differ according to the nerve affected.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

What importance can this have, since all the difference depends on the position occupied by the excitant?

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred