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photostimulate

photostimulate verb: to stimulate by means of light.

Verb

photostimulate (third-person singular simple present photostimulates, present participle photostimulating, simple past and past participle photostimulated)

  1. To stimulate by means of light

Forms of photostimulate

third-person singular presentphotostimulates
present participlephotostimulating
past participlephotostimulated
pastphotostimulated

Origin of photostimulate

From photo- + stimulate.

Questions about photostimulate

What does photostimulate mean?
Photostimulate means to stimulate by means of light.
What part of speech is photostimulate?
Photostimulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of photostimulate?
The past tense of photostimulate is photostimulated.

Words near photostimulate in the dictionary

  1. photostatter
  2. photostatters
  3. photostatting
  4. photosterilization
  5. photostimulable
  6. photostimulate
  7. photostimulated
  8. photostimulates
  9. photostimulating
  10. photostimulation
  11. photostimulations

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