The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation
The act of irritating or annoying
A things or person that annoys
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
The state of being irritated
a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage.