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stimulant

[stim-yuh-luhnt] / ˈstɪm yə lənt /


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Caffeine is a stimulant that blocks adenosine receptor signaling pathways.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Clinicians call this the “prescribing cascade”: An antidepressant causes insomnia, so a sleep aid is added; a stimulant causes irritability, so a mood stabilizer follows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Of these, about 22,000 hectares are legal -- grown to be chewed as a stimulant, brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness or used in religious rituals.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

So, Gomez sent them home with an antibiotic and an appetite stimulant.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite.'

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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