STIMULANT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 24

adj. Sti2m'u2 Pnt. Fr., s. Ger., stimuli rend. Stimulating; as a n. (Ger., Stimidiermittel, Reizmittel), an agent that stimulates; colloquially, an alcoholic liquor. Cf. STIMULUS. Diffusible s. A s. that, administered by the mouth or hypodermically, acts quickly, [a, 34.] [s. 541]