stimulation

stimulation
(sti-mu-la-sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f.
   Action de stimuler. Les stimulations de l'amour-propre.
   Terme de médecine. Action des stimulants.
   XVe s.
   Si dura ladicte eleccion trop stimulée par stimulation desordonnée, CHRIST. DE PISAN Charles V, III, 51.
   Lat. stimulationem, de stimulare, stimuler.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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