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• n  the act of arousing an organism to action
• n  any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
• n  (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
• n  mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

• You will require more and more direct physical stimulation.
• The unspoken assumption behind most of those products is that stimulation is good and that more stimulation is even better.
• This kind of magnetic stimulation has nothing to do with the little bar magnets that arthritis sufferers sometimes wrap around their wrists or attach to their backs.

• stimulus
• stimulant
• input
• foreplay
• arousal

News & Articles

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• Twenty Patients Implanted in Functional Neuromodulation’s ADvance Study of Deep Brain Stimulation for Alzheimer’s ...
  Functional Neuromodulation Ltd.’s ADvance Study has implanted 20 mild Alzheimer’s patients with deep brain stimulation systems, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved expansion of the study from 20 to 30 U.S.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• New surgical technique for Bell's palsy facial paralysis
  A surgeon is using electrical stimulation as part of an advanced surgical technique to treat Bell’s palsy, a condition that causes paralysis on one side of a patient’s face.
  June 12, 2013 - Science Daily
• Nerve stimulation might ease fibromyalgia pain
  A Belgian scientist treated small numbers of fibromyalgia patients with "occipital nerve stimulation," which rouses the occipital nerves just beneath the skin at the back of the neck using an implanted device.
  June 10, 2013 - 14 WFIE Evansville

Quotes

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• Diablo Cody in CTV.ca
  I'm having the best time, this will keep me out of trouble. It's stimulation, mentally, physically and emotionally. It has my focus and I've always wanted to learn how to dance. Maybe I'll get in shape as well. This is a leap of faith. I'll learn a... Pamela Anderson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Anderson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEAGcNTD56ueleiz7vEJa1MgB4rMQ Hindustan Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hindustantimes.com/I-m-dancing-to-stay-out-of-trouble-says-Pamela--Anderson/H1-Article1-515377.aspx&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFby6FpsETc5Ltbn5FMtJgABJ13iQ Mar 4, 2010 94765 125920 stimulation It's insane, it really is. I sometimes wonder how much stimulation one person can take," Cody said during a "Juno" promotional stop in her former hometown. "I really feel like I have adrenaline fatigue or something."
• John Boehner in Forbes
  Children are becoming very sensitive to change - whether it's a new teacher at school or a new house. They are just not coping. There are just so many things happening to people these days. Kids have an incredible amount of stimulation which is... Paula Barrett http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Barrett&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEJ7hgni0XOf7jQTtJxDb2ZIlVLkg Adelaidenow http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24499528-911,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGxzAsuN0IdZsrHrYrwZpdi_8VJJg Oct 14, 2008 94767 125921 stimulative But Boehner said: For this bill to become law, it cannot become a Christmas tree. It's hard to get anything moving within a year, and most of us believe that if we're going to have a stimulative effect at helping to revive what is becoming a...