Excitant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excitant \Ex*cit"ant\, a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of
     excitare: cf. F. excitant.]
     Tending to excite; exciting.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excitant
       adj : (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate [syn: {excitative},
              {excitatory}]