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STIMULATING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making lively and cheerful
Example:
the exhilarating effect of mountain air
Synonyms:
exhilarating; stimulating
Classified under:
Similar:
invigorating (imparting strength and vitality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rousing or quickening activity or the senses
Example:
a stimulating discussion
Classified under:
Similar:
challenging; thought-provoking (stimulating interest or thought)
exciting (stimulating interest and discussion)
piquant; salty (engagingly stimulating or provocative)
rousing; stirring (capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement)
thrilling (causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock)
Also:
exciting (creating or arousing excitement)
interesting (arousing or holding the attention)
invigorating (imparting strength and vitality)
moving (arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion)
stimulative (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)
Antonym:
unstimulating (not stimulating)
Sense 3
Meaning:
That stimulates
Example:
stimulant phenomena
Synonyms:
stimulant; stimulating
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
stimulative (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb stimulate
Context examples:
An allogeneic tumor cell vaccine containing myeloma cancer cells transfected with the granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Allogeneic GM-CSF-Based Myeloma Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A preparation consisting of allogeneic, differentiated Th1-like T cells bound to T cell-stimulating monoclonal antibodies with potential antitumor activity.
(Allogeneic CD4+ Memory Th1-like T Cells/Microparticle-bound Anti-CD3/anti-CD28, NCI Thesaurus)
Ang II is closely involved in cardiac remodeling by stimulating synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins.
(Angiotensin II Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Anethole trithione is a bile secretion-stimulating drug that restores salivation and relieves the discomfort of dry mouth in chemotherapy-induced xerostomia.
(Anetholtrithion, NCI Thesaurus)
An allogeneic cancer vaccine composed of lethally irradiated whole melanoma cancer cells that are genetically modified to secrete the immunostimulatory cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.
(Allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting Lethally Irradiated Whole Melanoma Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
As an antiestrogen, this agent may inhibit the growth-stimulating effects of estrogen on estrogen-sensitive tumor cells.
(Medroxyprogesterone, NCI Thesaurus)
Amantadine exerts its antiparkinsonian effects by stimulating the release of dopamine from striatal dopaminergic nerve terminals and inhibiting its pre-synaptic reuptake.
(Amantadine, NCI Thesaurus)
Anamorelin binds to and stimulates the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) centrally, thereby mimicking the appetite-stimulating and growth hormone-releasing effects of ghrelin.
(Anamorelin, NCI Thesaurus)
AMD 3100 is given together with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) to help move stem cells from the bone marrow to the blood.
(AMD 3100, NCI Dictionary)
Map kinase pathways activated by Trk receptor activate Erk1 and Erk2 at the terminus stimulating axonal growth, and PI3K activates AKT in the terminus as well.
(Neuronal Survival Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
