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stimulism

stimulism noun: the theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.

Noun

stimulism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
  2. (obsolete) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
    • a different theory of therapeutics, that have introduced, instead of the somewhat overdone antiphlogistic measures of our predecessors, the expectancy with some, and the stimulism with others[…]1879, Henry Hartshorne, A System of Medicine

Questions about stimulism

What does stimulism mean?
Stimulism means the theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
What part of speech is stimulism?
Stimulism is a noun.

Words near stimulism in the dictionary

  1. stimulatory
  2. stimulatress
  3. stimulatresses
  4. stimulatrix
  5. stimuli
  6. stimulism
  7. stimulogenous
  8. stimulon
  9. stimulons
  10. stimulose
  11. stimulus

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