excitability

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Ex*cit"a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excitabilité.] 1. The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes. 2. (Physiol.) Defn: The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.