excitant

excitant
/ik suyt"nt, ek"si teuhnt/, adj.
1. exciting; stimulating.
n.
2. Physiol. something that excites; a stimulant.
[1600-10; < L excitant- (s. of excitans), prp. of excitare. See EXCITE, -ANT]

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