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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Stimulanzmittel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Stimulanzmittel

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stimulant/ˈstɪm.jə.lənt/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Koffein ist ein bekanntes Stimulanzmittel."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.

    "Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulant in the world."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'stimulantem', present participle of 'stimulare' (to goad, prick, or spur on), which originates from 'stimulus' (a goad). Entering English in the mid-19th century as a medical and physiological term, it evolved to encompass any substance or agent that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.

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