Usually means: Increases likelihood of neuron firing.
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  1. excitatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. excitatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. excitatory: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. excitatory: Wordnik
  6. excitatory: Wiktionary
  7. excitatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. excitatory: Dictionary.com
  9. Excitatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Excitatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. excitatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. excitatory: Rhymezone
  13. Excitatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. excitatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. excitatory: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (excitatory)

▸ adjective:  Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to excitation.

Similar:
stimulative, excitant, excitative, excitory, excitive, irritating, exciteable, rousing, excitin', exciting, more...

Opposite:
inhibitory, calming, relaxing, sedative

Types:
glutamate, glutamine, aspartate, serine, glycine, dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, more...

Phrases:
Excitatory synapse, excitatory amino acid agents, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, inhibitory excitatory mechanism, excitatory amino acid transporter 3, more...

Adjectives:
slow, other, central, endogenous, major, various, separate, more, only, distinct, direct

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Similar:
stimulative, excitant, excitative, excitory, excitive, irritating, exciteable, rousing, excitin', exciting, more...

Opposite:
inhibitory, calming, relaxing, sedative

Types:
glutamate, glutamine, aspartate, serine, glycine, dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, more...

Phrases:
Excitatory synapse, excitatory amino acid agents, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, inhibitory excitatory mechanism, excitatory amino acid transporter 3, excitatory amino acids, more...

Adjectives:
slow, other, central, endogenous, major, various, separate, more, only, distinct, direct

Colors:
    red,     orange,     yellow,     lime green,     electric blue, more...



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