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excitability

noun

  1. property of biological systems
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English excite Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English excitability From excite + -ability.

  1. The state of being excitable
  2. A measure of how easy something is to excite