stimulism

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noun

The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.

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nounstimulism (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablemedicineThe theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
  2. obsoleteuncountablemedicineThe practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.

    a different theory of therapeutics, that have introduced, instead of the somewhat overdone antiphlogistic measures of our predecessors, the expectancy with some, and the stimulism with others[…]

    1879, Henry Hartshorne, A System of Medicine

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APA

stimulism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stimulism

MLA

“stimulism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stimulism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stimulism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stimulism.

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