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EXCITABILITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does excitability mean?

• EXCITABILITY (noun)
The noun EXCITABILITY has 2 senses:

1. excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
2. being easily excited

Familiarity information: EXCITABILITY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXCITABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

excitability; irritability

Hypernyms ("excitability" is a kind of...):

reactivity; responsiveness (responsive to stimulation)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Being easily excited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

excitableness; excitability; volatility

Hypernyms ("excitability" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excitability"):

boiling point (being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over)

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