| excitoglandular | Increasing the secretory activity of a gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| excitometabolic | Increasing the activity of the metabolic processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitomotor | Causing or increasing the rapidity of motion. See: excitomotorory. Synonym: centrokinetic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitomotory | <physiology> Exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excitomuscular | Causing muscular activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitor | 1. Producing stimulation, especially producing stimulation by causing tension on muscle fibre through the nervous tissue. 2. <pharmacology> An agent or remedy that produces stimulation. Origin: L. Stimulans (18 Nov 1997) |
| excitor nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A nerve conducting impulses that stimulate to increase function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitoreflex nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A visceral nerve the special function of which is to cause reflex action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitosecretory | <physiology> Stimulating to secretion. The influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action. (21 Jun 2000) |
| excitotoxic | Possessing the property of exciting and then poisoning cells or tissues; examples include nerve injury produced by glutamate. Origin: excite + G. Toxikon, poison (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitotoxin | <protein> Class of substances that damage neurons through paroxysmal overactivity. They are toxins that bind to certain receptors (e.g., certain glutamate receptors) and may cause neuronal cell death. The best known excitotoxins are the excitatory amino acids, that can produce lesions in the CNS similar to those of Huntingdon's chorea or Alzheimer's disease. Excitotoxicity is thought to contribute to neuronal cell death associated with stroke. (18 Nov 1997) |
| excitovascular | Increasing the activity of the circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exclamation point hair | <clinical sign> The type of dystrophic anagen hair found at margins of patches of alopecia areata. The bulb is absent. (21 Jun 2000) |
| exclave | An outlying, detached portion of a gland or other part, such as the thyroid or pancreas; an accessory gland. Origin: L. Ex, out, + -clave (in enclave) (05 Mar 2000) |
| exclosure | <zoology> An area from which livestock or other animals are excluded. (09 Oct 1997) |