excitant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: excitant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for excitant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excitant adj (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate [syn: excitant, excitative, excitatory] n a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process [syn: stimulant, stimulant drug, excitant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excitant \Ex*cit"ant\, a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.] Tending to excite; exciting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excitant \Ex*cit"ant\, n. (Physiol.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.