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Noun: stimulation  ,sti-myu'ley-shun
  1. The act of arousing an organism to action
     
  2. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
    - stimulus, stimulant, input
     
  3. (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
     
  4. Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
    - foreplay, arousal

Derived forms: stimulations

Type of: action, activity, arousal, information, natural action, natural process, rousing, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice

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